trällern

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtʁɛlɐn/
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  • Hyphenation: träl‧lern

Verb

trällern (weak, third-person singular present trällert, past tense trällerte, past participle geträllert, auxiliary haben)

  1. to trill (to sing with a trill)
    • 1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 38:
      Er ging rasch und sicher, trällerte vor sich hin, endlich begann er sogar zu singen mit einer schönen dunklen Stimme, die ihm selber fremd vorkam.
      He walked fast and firmly, trilled to himself, finally he even started to sing in a beautiful dark voice, which seemed unknown to himself.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Further reading
  • “trällern” in Duden online
  • “trällern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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