bellen

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛlə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: bel‧len
• Rhymes: -ɛlən
• Rhymes: -ɛlən

From Middle Dutch bellen. Equivalent to bel +‎ -en.

bellen

1. (intransitive) to ring, like using a bell
2. (transitive) to call, by bell (originally) or (now mostly) telephone; to dial

• beller
• beltoon
• belkrediet
• gebel
• afbellen
• opbellen

From Middle Dutch bellen. Cognate with English bellow, German bellen and Russian блеять (blejatʹ, “baa, bleat”).

bellen

1. (regional, Southern) (intransitive) to bark, like a canine
2. (regional, Southern) (transitive) to bark, scold, insult, rage at

See the etymology of the main entry.

bellen

1. Plural form of bel

From Old High German bellan, cognate with English bellow, Russian блеять (blejatʹ, “baa, bleat”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛlən/

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• Hyphenation: bel‧len
• Homophone: Bällen

bellen (third-person singular simple present bellt, past tense bellte, past participle gebellt, auxiliary haben)

1. (intransitive) to bark:
   1. (literally) like a canine
      • 1929, Kurt Tucholsky, Das Lächeln der Mona Lisa (Sammelband), Ernst Rowohlt Verlag, page 138:

        Ein Hund bellt, wenn er mit den Sinnen etwas wahrgenommen hat; daraufhin, weil ihn sein Bellen erschreckt und aufregt, und des weiteren, weil sich das wahrgenommene Objekt um ihn kümmert, nicht um ihn kümmert oder davonläuft.

        A dog barks when he perceived something with the senses; thereupon, because his barking scares and upsets him, and furthermore, because the perceived object looks after him, does not look after him, or runs away.

   2. (figuratively) in a rude, loud human voice

• Hunde, die bellen, beißen nicht

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bellen

1. plural of bel