lullen

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlʏlə(n)/
  • Rhymes: -ʏlən

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (expressive root), presumably an onomatopoeia. Cognate with Latin lāmentum, Ancient Greek λῆρος (lêros), λάλος (lálos), λάσκω (láskō).

Verb

lullen

  1. (transitive) To talk/tell nonsense, blather
  2. (transitive) To mumble
  3. (intransitive) To be occupied uttering one of the above noises
  4. (intransitive) To loiter, waste time, hang around unproductively
  5. (intransitive) To be weak / useless
Inflection

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

Derived terms

Noun

lullen

  1. plural of lul

German

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (expressive root). Cognate with Latin lāmentum, Ancient Greek λῆρος (lêros), λάλος (lálos), λάσκω (láskō).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlʊln̩/, /ˈlʊlən/
  • (file)

Verb

lullen (weak, third-person singular present lullt, past tense lullte, past participle gelullt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to lull

Conjugation

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Further reading

  • lullen” in Duden online
  • lullen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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