ekeln
German
Etymology
15th century, from Middle Low German ēgelen, ēchelen, ēkelen, from Old Saxon *eglan, from Proto-West Germanic *aglijan (related to English ail).
The -k- then likely through influence of Middle Low German ēken, āken (“to suppurate”), from Old Saxon *akan (related to English ache); compare Dutch akelig.
An alternative theory sees in the now archaic adjective ekel a northern variant of heikel (“delicate”), but the association between both forms may be secondary.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeːkəln/, [ˈeːkəln], [ˈeːkl̩n]
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Verb
ekeln (weak, third-person singular present ekelt, past tense ekelte, past participle geekelt, auxiliary haben)
- (reflexive, with vor) to be disgusted
- Ich ekle mich davor.
- I am disgusted by it.
- (more formal, transitive) to disgust
- Es ekelt mich.
- It disgusts me.
Conjugation
Conjugation of ekeln (weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | ekeln | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | ekelnd | ||||
| past participle | geekelt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich ekle ich ekele ich ekel |
wir ekeln | i | ich ekele ich ekle |
wir ekeln |
| du ekelst | ihr ekelt | du ekelest du eklest |
ihr ekelet ihr eklet | ||
| er ekelt | sie ekeln | er ekele er ekle |
sie ekeln | ||
| preterite | ich ekelte | wir ekelten | ii | ich ekelte1 | wir ekelten1 |
| du ekeltest | ihr ekeltet | du ekeltest1 | ihr ekeltet1 | ||
| er ekelte | sie ekelten | er ekelte1 | sie ekelten1 | ||
| imperative | ekle (du) ekel (du) ekele (du) |
ekelt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of ekeln (weak, auxiliary haben)