talen

Catalan

Verb

talen

  1. third-person plural present indicative of talar

Danish

Noun

talen

  1. definite singular of tale

Verb

talen

  1. gerund of tale

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaːlə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch tālen, from Old Dutch *talon, from Proto-West Germanic *talōn, from Proto-Germanic *talōną. Cognate with English tale.

Verb

talen

  1. (intransitive) to long, to care [with naar ‘for’]
  2. (intransitive, obsolete) to speak
  3. (transitive, obsolete) to say
Conjugation
Conjugation of talen (weak)
infinitive talen
past singular taalde
past participle getaald
infinitive talen
gerund talen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular taal taalde
2nd person sing. (jij) taalt, taal2 taalde
2nd person sing. (u) taalt taalde
2nd person sing. (gij) taalt taalde
3rd person singular taalt taalde
plural talen taalden
subjunctive sing.1 tale taalde
subjunctive plur.1 talen taalden
imperative sing. taal
imperative plur.1 taalt
participles talend getaald
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

talen

  1. plural of taal

Anagrams

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *talon, from Proto-West Germanic *talōn.

Verb

tālen

  1. to speak, to talk
  2. to say
  3. to tell, to narrate
  4. to speak in court, to appeal
  5. (eastern) to pay
    Synonym: betālen

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: talen
  • Limburgish: tale

Further reading

  • talen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “talen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

talen m

  1. definite singular of tale

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Noun

talen m or f

  1. definite masculine singular of tale

Spanish

Verb

talen

  1. inflection of talar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

Swedish

Noun

talen

  1. definite plural of tal

Anagrams

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English talent.

Noun

talen

  1. talent

Welsh

Alternative forms

  • talem (literary, first-person plural)
  • talent (literary, third-person plural)

Pronunciation

Verb

talen

  1. first/third-person plural conditional colloquial of talu

Mutation

Mutated forms of talen
radical soft nasal aspirate
talen dalen nhalen thalen

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

West Frisian

Noun

talen

  1. plural of taal