bellen

See also: Bellen and béllen

Dutch

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value). Equivalent to bel + -en.

Verb

bellen

  1. (intransitive) to ring, like using a bell
  2. (transitive) to call, by bell (originally) or (now mostly) telephone; to dial
Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms
Descendants
  • Indonesian: bel
  • Papiamentu: bèl
  • Sranan Tongo: bèl

Etymology 2

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old Dutch *bellan, from Proto-West Germanic *bellan, from Proto-Germanic *bellaną. Cognate with English bellow, Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) and Russian блеять (blejatʹ, to bleat).

Verb

bellen

  1. (regional, Southern) (intransitive) to bark, like a canine
  2. (regional, Southern) (transitive) to bark, scold, insult, rage at
Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

bellen

  1. plural of bel

German

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Old High German bellan from Proto-Germanic *bellaną, cognate with English bellow, Russian блеять (blejatʹ, baa", "bleat).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛlən/
  • (file)
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: bel‧len
  • Homophone: Bällen

Verb

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

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) Obsolete forms are present billt, preterite ball or boll, past participle gebollen.

Derived terms

Further reading

West Frisian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɛlən/

Noun

bellen

  1. plural of bel
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