eilen

From Proto-Finnic *eklen, of uncertain earlier origin. Seemingly an instructive singular case.

• IPA^(key): /ˈei̯len/, [ˈe̞i̯le̞n]
• Rhymes: -eilen
• Syllabification^(key): ei‧len
• Hyphenation^(key): ei‧len

eilen (not comparable)

1. yesterday

   eilen illalla ― (during) last night

• eilinen

• “eilen”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
• eilen in Kettunen, Lauri (1940): Suomen murrekartasto

• Eelin, elein, liene, niele

From Middle High German īlen, from Old High German īlen, from Proto-West Germanic *īlijan (“to make haste, hasten”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈaɪ̯lən]

• Audio:

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eilen (weak, third-person singular present eilt, past tense eilte, past participle geeilt, auxiliary haben or sein)

1. to hurry, to rush (on foot, in a determined and purposeful manner) [auxiliary sein]

   Ich eilte zum Bahnhof. ― I hurried to the railway station.

   jemandem zu Hilfe eilen ― to rush to someone's aid

   • 1818, Joseph von Eichendorff, The Marble Statue ("Das Marmorbild")::

     Florio sah ihm lange nach, dann eilte er wie ein Trunkener der Stadt zu.

     Florio looked at him for long, then he hurried to the city like a drunk.

   • 1844, Felix Mendelssohn, Hör' mein Bitten (with literal translation):

     O könnt' ich fliegen wie Tauben dahin,
     weit hinweg vor dem Feinde zu fliehn!
     In die Wüste eilt' ich dann fort,
     fände Ruhe am schattigen Ort.

     Oh, if I could fly off like the doves,
     flee far away from the foe!
     Into the wilderness I would then hasten,
     and find repose in a shadowy place.

   Synonym: hasten

   Antonyms: spazieren, schlendern, bummeln

2. (often impersonal) to be urgent [auxiliary haben]

   Es eilt! ― It's urgent!

• In the sense of "to hurry", eilen is typically only used to describe someone's movement, not the intent or necessity to hurry. The latter is commonly described with beeilen or adverbial schnell instead.

• laufen
• rennen
• stürmen

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

• eilien, alen

From Old English eġlan, eġlian, from Proto-West Germanic *aglijan, from Proto-Germanic *aglijaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛi̯lən/

eilen

1. to trouble, afflict, or harm (someone or something)

• English: ail
• Scots: ail
• Yola: teil

• “eilen, -ien, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.