See also: Aalen, and ålen

German

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Etymology

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The sense of to hunt eels derives from Aal (eel). The colloquial senses derive from the appearance of the eel and its way of moving.

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: aa‧len
  • Pronunciation: IPA(key): [ˈaːlən]
  • Homophone: Ahlen

Verb

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aalen (weak, third-person singular present aalt, past tense aalte, past participle geaalt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (colloquial, reflexive) to stretch out, especially laughing (compare rotfl)
    Beim Erzählen der alten Anekdoten aalten wir uns vor Lachen.
    ≈ As we listened to the old anecdotes, we threw our heads back, laughing.
  2. (colloquial) to relax (e.g. as on vacation)
  3. to hunt eels, to go on an eel-hunt (historic use)
    Bis ans Ende seiner Tage aalt John noch im See hinter seinem Haus.
    John hunted eels in the lake behind his house until the end of his days.

Conjugation

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Hypernyms

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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aalen m

  1. obsolete typography of ålen

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from German Aalen.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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aalen m inan

  1. (geology, paleontology) Aalenian (subdivision of the Middle Jurassic epoch or series)

Declension

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Further reading

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  • aalen in Polish dictionaries at PWN