billen

Danish

Noun

billen c

  1. definite singular of bille

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɪ.lə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: bil‧len
  • Rhymes: -ɪlən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch billen.

Verb

billen

  1. (transitive) to sharpen, to apply grooves to a millstone
    • 2007, Traditie, page 18.
      Ze vraagt het de molenaar en die vertelt haar dat de molen gebild is. (Billen is het scherpen van de molenstenen.)
      (please add an English translation of this quote)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From bil.

Verb

billen

  1. (transitive) to bed, to have sex with
    • 2007, Traditie, page 18.
      Hij voegt er aan toe dat zij ook wel sneller zou zijn als ze gebild zou zijn. Dat wil het onervaren meisje wel en betaalt de molenaar om haar te billen (beslapen) (volksverhalenbank TAM182).
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Etymology 3

Noun

billen

  1. Plural form of bil
  2. (plural only) buttocks, butt, bottom, behind

Hungarian

Etymology

From the same onomatopoeic stem as billeg (to sway, waggle) + -en (instantaneous verb-forming suffix).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbilːɛn]
  • Hyphenation: bil‧len

Verb

billen

  1. (intransitive) to tilt, slant, lean, swing, dip (followed by -ra/-re) (to move suddenly from one direction to another due to a change in its equilibrium)
    Synonyms: megdől, dől, lendül, hanyatlik, csuklik
    Merre billen a mérleg?Which way will the scale dip?

Conjugation

Derived terms

With verbal prefixes
  • átbillen
  • elbillen
  • előrebillen
  • felbillen
  • félrebillen
  • hátrabillen
  • helyrebillen
  • kibillen
  • lebillen
  • megbillen
  • visszabillen

References

  1. Zaicz, Gábor. Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (’Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN
  2. Eőry, Vilma. Értelmező szótár+ (’Explanatory Dictionary Plus’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2007. →ISBN

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German bellan, of onomatopoeic origin. Compare German bellen, English bellow, Icelandic belja.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbilen/, [ˈbilən]
  • Rhymes: -ilən

Verb

billen (third-person singular present billt, past participle gebillt, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (intransitive) to bark

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive billen
participle gebillt
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular billen
2nd singular bills bill
3rd singular billt
1st plural billen
2nd plural billt billt
3rd plural billen
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

billen m

  1. definite singular of bille
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