aalen
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]The 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
[edit]Verb
[edit]aalen (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
[edit]infinitive | 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
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[edit]Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “aalen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “aalen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “aalen” in Duden online
- “aalen” in OpenThesaurus.de
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Noun
[edit]aalen m
- obsolete typography of ålen
Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from German Aalen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]aalen m inan
- (geology, paleontology) Aalenian (subdivision of the Middle Jurassic epoch or series)
Declension
[edit]Declension of aalen
Further reading
[edit]- aalen in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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