See also: Bellen and béllen

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛlə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: bel‧len
  • Rhymes: -ɛlən

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch bellen. Equivalent to bel +‎ -en.

Verb

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bellen

  1. (intransitive) to ring, like using a bell
  2. (transitive) to call, by bell (originally) or (now mostly) telephone; to dial
Conjugation
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Conjugation of bellen (weak)
infinitive bellen
past singular belde
past participle gebeld
infinitive bellen
gerund bellen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular bel belde
2nd person sing. (jij) belt, bel2 belde
2nd person sing. (u) belt belde
2nd person sing. (gij) belt belde
3rd person singular belt belde
plural bellen belden
subjunctive sing.1 belle belde
subjunctive plur.1 bellen belden
imperative sing. bel
imperative plur.1 belt
participles bellend gebeld
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Indonesian: bel
  • Papiamentu: bèl
  • Sranan Tongo: bèl

Etymology 2

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From Middle Dutch bellen, from Old Dutch *bellan, from Proto-West Germanic *bellan, from Proto-Germanic *bellaną. Cognate with English bellow, German bellen and Russian блеять (blejatʹ, to bleat).

Verb

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bellen

  1. (regional, Southern) (intransitive) to bark, like a canine
  2. (regional, Southern) (transitive) to bark, scold, insult, rage at
Conjugation
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Conjugation of bellen (weak)
infinitive bellen
past singular belde
past participle gebeld
infinitive bellen
gerund bellen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular bel belde
2nd person sing. (jij) belt, bel2 belde
2nd person sing. (u) belt belde
2nd person sing. (gij) belt belde
3rd person singular belt belde
plural bellen belden
subjunctive sing.1 belle belde
subjunctive plur.1 bellen belden
imperative sing. bel
imperative plur.1 belt
participles bellend gebeld
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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bellen

  1. plural of bel

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German bëllen, from Old High German bellan from Proto-Germanic *bellaną, cognate with English bellow, Russian блеять (blejatʹ, baa", "bleat).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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bellen (weak, third-person singular present bellt, past tense bellte, past participle gebellt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive) to bark:
    1. (literally) like a canine
      • 1929, Kurt Tucholsky, Das Lächeln der Mona Lisa (Sammelband), Ernst Rowohlt Verlag, page 138:
        Ein Hund bellt, wenn er mit den Sinnen etwas wahrgenommen hat; daraufhin, weil ihn sein Bellen erschreckt und aufregt, und des weiteren, weil sich das wahrgenommene Objekt um ihn kümmert, nicht um ihn kümmert oder davonläuft.
        A dog barks when he perceived something with the senses; thereupon, because his barking scares and upsets him, and furthermore, because the perceived object looks after him, does not look after him, or runs away.
    2. (figuratively) in a rude, loud human voice

Conjugation

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Obsolete forms are present billt, preterite ball or boll, past participle gebollen.

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Further reading

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West Frisian

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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bellen

  1. plural of bel