täuln

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• teiln (West Central Bavarian)

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German teilen, from Proto-West Germanic *dailijan (“to divide, part, deal”). Compare German teilen, Dutch deelen, English deal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̥ɶːn/, /ˈd̥ɶɫn̩/

Verb

täuln (past participle täult) (East Central Bavarian, Vienna)

1. (transitive or reflexive) to divide, to part

   Ångeblich håd der Moses is Meer täult. ― Moses is said to have parted the sea.

   Is Meer håd se täult. ― The sea parted (literally, “The sea parted itself.”)

2. (ditransitive) to split into; to divide into [with in (+ accusative)]

   A Orangn kånnst in Spoitn täuln. ― You can split an Orange into wedges.

   Mid ana Grådn täult ma an Kraas in zwaa Åschnitt. ― A straight line is used to divide a circle into two sections.

3. (ditransitive) to divide by [with durch (+ accusative)]

   Åchtzg täult durch viere is zwanzg. ― Eighty divided by four equals twenty.

4. (transitive) to share; to split

   Se håbn des Brot täult. ― They shared the bread.

   Mia täuln uns de Kostn. ― We'll split the costs.

Conjugation

Conjugation of täuln

infinitive	täuln
past participle	täult
	present	past	subjunctive
1st person singular	täul	—	täulad
2nd person singular	täulst	—	täulast
3rd person singular	täult	—	täulad
1st person plural	täuln	—	täuladn
2nd person plural	täults	—	täulats
3rd person plural	täuln	—	täuladn
	imperative
singular	täul
plural	{{{imp-pl}}}

Derived terms

• auftäuln
• austäuln
• eitäuln
• ertäuln
• mittäuln
• vertäuln
• zuatäuln
• åtäuln