jaulen

German

Etymology

Borrowed from German Low German [Term?]. Probably onomatopoetic, though a relation with gellen (to shrill) with common dialectal j- could be considered.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjaʊ̯lən/, [jaʊ̯lən], [jaʊ̯l̩n]
  • (file)

Verb

jaulen (weak, third-person singular present jault, past tense jaulte, past participle gejault, auxiliary haben)

  1. to yelp, to howl, to yowl (sound of a canine or a similar sound)

Conjugation

Further reading

  • jaulen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • jaulen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • jaulen” in Duden online
  • jaulen” in OpenThesaurus.de
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