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quellen

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See also: Quellen and quëllen

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German quellen, from Old High German quellan, from Proto-West Germanic *kwellan.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkvɛln̩/, /ˈkvɛlən/
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Verb

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quellen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present quillt, past tense quoll, past participle gequollen, past subjunctive quölle, auxiliary sein)

  1. to well, to spring (issue forth, as water from the earth)
    Wasser quillt aus der Erde.
    Water springs from the earth.
  2. to swell, to soak (expand by soaking up a liquid)

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quellen (class 3 strong, third-person singular present quillt, past tense quoll, past participle gequollen, past subjunctive quölle, auxiliary sein)

  1. to soak
    Erbsen müssen vor dem Kochen gequellt werden.
    Peas must be soaked before cooking.

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • quellen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • quellen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • quellen” in Duden online
  • quellen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch *quellen, from Proto-West Germanic *kwalljan, from Proto-Germanic *kwaljaną.

Verb

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quellen

  1. to torment, to hurt, to torture

Inflection

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Descendants

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  • Dutch: kwellen
  • Limburgish: kwèlle

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old English cwellan, from Proto-West Germanic *kwalljan, from Proto-Germanic *kwaljaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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quellen (third-person singular simple present quelleth, present participle quellende, quellynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle quelled)

  1. To kill or slay; to inflict death upon someone.
  2. To quell or suppress; to end afflictions or threats.
  3. (rare) To verbally insult or demean.
  4. (rare) To ruin, to lay waste to.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of quellen (weak in -ed/-de)
infinitive (to) quellen, quelle
present tense past tense
1st-person singular quelle quelled, quelde
2nd-person singular quellest quelledest, queldest
3rd-person singular quelleth quelled, quelde
subjunctive singular quelle
imperative singular
plural1 quellen, quelle quelleden, quellede, quelden, quelde
imperative plural quelleth, quelle
participles quellynge, quellende quelled, queld, yquelled, yqueld

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

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