telen

See also: télen, telén, tèlën, and -telen

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch tēlen, from Old Dutch tilon, from Proto-Germanic *tilōną.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈteː.lən/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: te‧len
  • Rhymes: -eːlən

Verb

telen

  1. (transitive) To cultivate, to grow plants, notably crops.
    Synonyms: verbouwen, kweken
    We telen tomaten in onze achtertuin.
    We grow tomatoes in our backyard.
    In deze regio telen ze voornamelijk tarwe.
    In this region, they primarily cultivate wheat.
  2. (transitive) To raise, to breed animals or (figurative, notably a type of) men.
    Synonym: kweken
    Zij telen bijen voor honing.
    They raise bees for honey.
    Op de boerderij telen ze koeien voor melk.
    On the farm, they breed cows for milk.

Inflection
Conjugation of telen (weak)
infinitive telen
past singular teelde
past participle geteeld
infinitive telen
gerund telen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular teelteelde
2nd person sing. (jij) teeltteelde
2nd person sing. (u) teeltteelde
2nd person sing. (gij) teeltteelde
3rd person singular teeltteelde
plural telenteelden
subjunctive sing.1 teleteelde
subjunctive plur.1 telenteelden
imperative sing. teel
imperative plur.1 teelt
participles telendgeteeld
1) Archaic.

Derived terms
  • teler
  • teelaarde
  • teelbaar
  • teelbal
  • teelder
  • teeldrift
  • teelkracht
  • teellaag
  • teelland
  • teellid
  • teelstaak

Descendants
  • Afrikaans: teel
  • Negerhollands: teel

Anagrams

Finnish

Noun

telen

  1. genitive singular of tele

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch tilon, from Proto-Germanic *tilōną.

Verb

tēlen

  1. To bring forth, to produce.
  2. To effect, to implement.
  3. To cultivate, to foster, to raise (crops, young).
  4. To till (land).

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

Further reading
  • “telen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “telen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
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