aalen
German
editEtymology
editThe 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
editVerb
editaalen (weak, third-person singular present aalt, past tense aalte, past participle geaalt, auxiliary haben)
- (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.
- (colloquial) to relax (e.g. as on vacation)
- 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
editinfinitive | aalen | ||||
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present participle | aalend | ||||
past participle | geaalt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich aale | wir aalen | i | ich aale | wir aalen |
du aalst | ihr aalt | du aalest | ihr aalet | ||
er aalt | sie aalen | er aale | sie aalen | ||
preterite | ich aalte | wir aalten | ii | ich aalte1 | wir aalten1 |
du aaltest | ihr aaltet | du aaltest1 | ihr aaltet1 | ||
er aalte | sie aalten | er aalte1 | sie aalten1 | ||
imperative | aal (du) aale (du) |
aalt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Hypernyms
editDerived terms
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editFurther reading
editNorwegian Nynorsk
editNoun
editaalen m
- obsolete typography of ålen
Polish
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from German Aalen.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editaalen m inan
- (geology, paleontology) Aalenian (subdivision of the Middle Jurassic epoch or series)
Declension
editDeclension of aalen
Further reading
edit- aalen in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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