quellen

See also: Quellen and quëllen

German

Etymology

From Middle High German quellen, from Old High German quellan, from Proto-West Germanic *kwellan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkvɛln̩/, /ˈkvɛlən/
  • (file)

Verb

quellen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present quillt, past tense quoll, past participle gequollen, past subjunctive quölle, auxiliary sein)

  1. to well (issue forth, as water from the earth)
  2. to swell, to soak (expand by soaking up a liquid)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • aufquellen
  • herausquellen
  • verquollen
  • überquellen

Further reading

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

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *quellen, from Proto-West Germanic *kwalljan, from Proto-Germanic *kwaljaną.

Verb

quellen

  1. to torment, to hurt, to torture

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: kwellen
  • Limburgish: kwèlle

Further reading

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English cwellan, from Proto-West Germanic *kwalljan, from Proto-Germanic *kwaljaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkwɛlən/

Verb

quellen (third-person singular simple present quelleth, present participle quellende, quellynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle quelled)

  1. To kill or slay; to inflict death upon someone.
  2. To quell or suppress; to end afflictions or threats.
  3. (rare) To verbally insult or demean.
  4. (rare) To ruin, to lay waste to.

Conjugation

Descendants

References

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