trillern
Appearance
German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Italian trillo, trillare. Compare Middle High German trillieren. Cognate with English trill.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]trillern (weak, third-person singular present trillert, past tense trillerte, past participle getrillert, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive) to trill
- (intransitive) to blow a pea whistle
- (intransitive, regional, colloquial) to booze
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | trillern | ||||
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present participle | trillernd | ||||
past participle | getrillert | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich trillre ich trillere ich triller |
wir trillern | i | ich trillere ich trillre |
wir trillern |
du trillerst | ihr trillert | du trillerest du trillrest |
ihr trilleret ihr trillret | ||
er trillert | sie trillern | er trillere er trillre |
sie trillern | ||
preterite | ich trillerte | wir trillerten | ii | ich trillerte1 | wir trillerten1 |
du trillertest | ihr trillertet | du trillertest1 | ihr trillertet1 | ||
er trillerte | sie trillerten | er trillerte1 | sie trillerten1 | ||
imperative | trillre (du) triller (du) trillere (du) |
trillert (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.