Till

See also: till and 'till

English

Etymology
  • As an English surname, reduced from a pet form of Matilda.
  • As a north German surname, spelling variant of Thiel.

Proper noun

Till (countable and uncountable, plural Tills)

  1. A placename
    1. (uncountable) A river in Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, tributary to the Tweed.
      • Traditional saying:
        Tweed says to Till:
        "What gars ye rin sae still ?"
        Till says to Tweed:
        "Tho ye rin wi' speed
        And I rin slaw
        Whar ye droon ae man,
        I droon twa !"
    2. (uncountable) A river in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
    3. (uncountable) A river in Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
  2. (countable) A surname.

Synonyms
  • (river): River Till

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɪl/
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Noun

Till m (strong, genitive Tilles or Tills, plural Tille)

  1. Obsolete form of Dill (“dill”).
Declension
Declension of Till [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Till die Tille
genitive eines des Tilles, Tills der Tille
dative einem dem Till, Tille1 den Tillen
accusative einen den Till die Tille

1Now rare, see notes.

Etymology 2

Medieval diminutive of compound given names beginning with Diet- (such as Dieter or Dietrich), from Old High German thoit (“people”).

Proper noun

Till m (proper noun, strong, genitive Tills)

  1. a male given name
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