lullen

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlʏlə(n)/
  • Rhymes: -ʏlən

Etymology 1

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (expressive root), presumably an onomatopoeia. Cognate with Latin lāmentum, Ancient Greek λῆρος (lêros), λάλος (lálos), λάσκω (láskō).

Verb

lullen

  1. (transitive) To talk/tell nonsense
  2. (transitive) To mumble
  3. (intransitive) To be occupied uttering one of the above noises
  4. (intransitive) To loiter, waste time, hang around unproductively
  5. (intransitive) To be weak / useless
Inflection
Inflection of lullen (weak)
infinitive lullen
past singular lulde
past participle geluld
infinitive lullen
gerund lullen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular lullulde
2nd person sing. (jij) lultlulde
2nd person sing. (u) lultlulde
2nd person sing. (gij) lultlulde
3rd person singular lultlulde
plural lullenlulden
subjunctive sing.1 lullelulde
subjunctive plur.1 lullenlulden
imperative sing. lul
imperative plur.1 lult
participles lullendgeluld
1) Archaic.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

lullen

  1. Plural form of lul

German

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (expressive root). Cognate with Latin lāmentum, Ancient Greek λῆρος (lêros), λάλος (lálos), λάσκω (láskō).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlʊln̩/, /ˈlʊlən/

Verb

lullen (third-person singular simple present lullt, past tense lullte, past participle gelullt, auxiliary haben)

  1. To lull

Conjugation

Further reading

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