wallen
Dutch
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[edit]Noun
[edit]wallen
German
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle High German wallen, from Old High German wallan (“spin, twist, dance”), from Proto-West Germanic *wallan, from Proto-Germanic *wallaną. Cognate with English to well up.
Verb
[edit]wallen (weak, third-person singular present wallt, past tense wallte, past participle gewallt, auxiliary haben or sein)
- (intransitive) to move violently, to seethe (of boiling liquid) [auxiliary haben]
- Wenn die Milch im Topf zu wallen beginnt, kocht sie schnell über.
- When the milk in the pot begins to move violently, it will quickly boil over.
- (intransitive, formal) to roil (of the sea) [auxiliary haben]
- (formal) to undulate, to flutter, to palpitate [auxiliary haben]
- 1545, Martin Luther, transl., Biblia, Judith XII, Hans Lufft:
- Da wallet dem Holofernes sein hertz / Denn er war entzündet mit brunst gegen jr.
- Then Holofernes' heart palpitated (to him); for he was enflamed with arousal toward her.
- (formal) to move (somewhere) while undulating, to billow, to flow [auxiliary sein]
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | wallen | ||||
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present participle | wallend | ||||
past participle | gewallt | ||||
auxiliary | haben or sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich walle | wir wallen | i | ich walle | wir wallen |
du wallst | ihr wallt | du wallest | ihr wallet | ||
er wallt | sie wallen | er walle | sie wallen | ||
preterite | ich wallte | wir wallten | ii | ich wallte1 | wir wallten1 |
du walltest | ihr walltet | du walltest1 | ihr walltet1 | ||
er wallte | sie wallten | er wallte1 | sie wallten1 | ||
imperative | wall (du) walle (du) |
wallt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Further reading
[edit]- “wallen” in Duden online
Etymology 2
[edit]From Middle High German wallen, from Old High German wallōn (“move in random, be unstable”), from Proto-West Germanic *wallan, from Proto-Germanic *wallaną, related to Frankish *wallōn (“to surge; well up; bubble over; roll about”).
Verb
[edit]wallen (weak, third-person singular present wallt, past tense wallte, past participle gewallt, auxiliary sein)
- (formal or humorous) to walk solemnly, to walk with a measured pace
- (archaic) to go on a pilgrimage
- Noch heute wallen viele gläubige Katholiken regelmäßig nach Lourdes.
- Today, many devout Catholics still regularly travel to Lourdes as pilgrims.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | wallen | ||||
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present participle | wallend | ||||
past participle | gewallt | ||||
auxiliary | sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich walle | wir wallen | i | ich walle | wir wallen |
du wallst | ihr wallt | du wallest | ihr wallet | ||
er wallt | sie wallen | er walle | sie wallen | ||
preterite | ich wallte | wir wallten | ii | ich wallte1 | wir wallten1 |
du walltest | ihr walltet | du walltest1 | ihr walltet1 | ||
er wallte | sie wallten | er wallte1 | sie wallten1 | ||
imperative | wall (du) walle (du) |
wallt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]Middle Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Dutch wallan, from Proto-West Germanic *wallan, from Proto-Germanic *wallaną.
Verb
[edit]wallen
Inflection
[edit]This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
[edit]- Dutch: wallen
Further reading
[edit]- “wallen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “wallen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
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