trollen
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Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Verb
[edit]trollen
- (transitive or intransitive) to troll (provoke)
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of trollen (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | trollen | |||
past singular | trolde | |||
past participle | getrold | |||
infinitive | trollen | |||
gerund | trollen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | trol | trolde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | trolt, trol2 | trolde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | trolt | trolde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | trolt | trolde | ||
3rd person singular | trolt | trolde | ||
plural | trollen | trolden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | trolle | trolde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | trollen | trolden | ||
imperative sing. | trol | |||
imperative plur.1 | trolt | |||
participles | trollend | getrold | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
Conjugation of trollen (weak) | ||||
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infinitive | trollen | |||
past singular | trollde | |||
past participle | getrolld | |||
infinitive | trollen | |||
gerund | trollen n | |||
present tense | past tense | |||
1st person singular | troll | trollde | ||
2nd person sing. (jij) | trollt, troll2 | trollde | ||
2nd person sing. (u) | trollt | trollde | ||
2nd person sing. (gij) | trollt | trollde | ||
3rd person singular | trollt | trollde | ||
plural | trollen | trollden | ||
subjunctive sing.1 | trolle | trollde | ||
subjunctive plur.1 | trollen | trollden | ||
imperative sing. | troll | |||
imperative plur.1 | trollt | |||
participles | trollend | getrolld | ||
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion. |
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
[edit]trollen
German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Middle High German trollen, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *truzlōną (“to lumber”). Perhaps related to trödeln. Cognate of English troll.
Verb
[edit]trollen (weak, third-person singular present trollt, past tense trollte, past participle getrollt, auxiliary haben or sein)
- (colloquial, reflexive) to toddle off, push off
- Troll dich! ― Push off!
- 1772, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Emilia Galotti[1]:
- Mit dieser Emilia Galotti—die hier bei ihm ist—deren Bräutigam so über Hals über Kopf sich aus der Welt trollen müssen—mit dieser Emilia Galotti hat der Prinz heute morgen, in der Halle bei den Dominikanern, ein Langes und Breites gesprochen.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1851, Heinrich Heine, “Plateniden”, in Romanzero[2], Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe:
- Hier ist Rhodus, komm und zeige / Deine Kunst, hier wird getanzt! / Oder trolle dich und schweige, / Wenn du heut nicht tanzen kannst.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2023 September 19, Patric Hemgesberg, “Die Wahrheit: Gewaltiger Kinderfußball 2.0”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz[3], →ISSN:
- Während Deutschlands nächste goldene Generation sich für eine gepfefferte Halbzeit-Predigt ihres Trainers Felix Magath in die Kabine trollt, beginnt Watzke mit uns die Tour durch das neue DFB-Hochleistungstrainingszentrum im sauerländischen Marsberg.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (colloquial, intransitive, now uncommon) to troll, trundle (to move slowly)
- 1920, Alfred Döblin, Wallenstein[4], volume 1:
- Man läßt ihn trollen, das freche süße Zweibein, man wird ihn tüchtig lausen, daß ihm das Fell blank wird.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | trollen | ||||
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present participle | trollend | ||||
past participle | getrollt | ||||
auxiliary | haben or sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich trolle | wir trollen | i | ich trolle | wir trollen |
du trollst | ihr trollt | du trollest | ihr trollet | ||
er trollt | sie trollen | er trolle | sie trollen | ||
preterite | ich trollte | wir trollten | ii | ich trollte1 | wir trollten1 |
du trolltest | ihr trolltet | du trolltest1 | ihr trolltet1 | ||
er trollte | sie trollten | er trollte1 | sie trollten1 | ||
imperative | troll (du) trolle (du) |
trollt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from English troll (verb).
Verb
[edit]trollen (weak, third-person singular present trollt, past tense trollte, past participle getrollt, auxiliary haben)
- (colloquial, transitive, intransitive) to troll (to make inflammatory or insincere statements)
- 2022 January 3, Dorothea Hahn, “US-Schulen als ideologisches Kampfgebiet: Kulturkrieg in der Aula”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz[5], →ISSN:
- Die Aktivisten haben die Schulratssitzungen in Smithtown zu einer Arena für den politischen Nahkampf gemacht. „Ich habe sie getrollt“, prahlt einer von ihnen auf Twitter.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | trollen | ||||
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present participle | trollend | ||||
past participle | getrollt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich trolle | wir trollen | i | ich trolle | wir trollen |
du trollst | ihr trollt | du trollest | ihr trollet | ||
er trollt | sie trollen | er trolle | sie trollen | ||
preterite | ich trollte | wir trollten | ii | ich trollte1 | wir trollten1 |
du trolltest | ihr trolltet | du trolltest1 | ihr trolltet1 | ||
er trollte | sie trollten | er trollte1 | sie trollten1 | ||
imperative | troll (du) trolle (du) |
trollt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “trollen (entfernen)” in Duden online
- “trollen (provozieren)” in Duden online
- “trollen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “trollen” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
Middle English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old French troller.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]trollen
- to roll
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of trollen (weak in -ed)
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
[edit]References
[edit]- “trollen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]trollen
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