different between telled vs tellen

English

Verb

telled

1. (now only nonstandard, and dialectal in Northern England and Scotland) simple past tense and past participle of tell
   • 1870, Edward Peacock, Ralf Skirlaugh, the Lincolnshire Squire, volume 2, page 267:

     Maybe, Miss Mary has been telled so; but if she has, she's been telled wrong.

English

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Etymology

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Noun

tellen (plural tellens)

1. (zoology) Any species of Tellina, a genus of marine bivalve molluscs.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?l?(n)/
• Hyphenation: tel?en
• Rhymes: -?l?n

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch tellen, from Old Dutch tellen, from Proto-Germanic *taljan?.

Verb

tellen

1. (transitive) to count, to enumerate
2. (transitive) to determine the number of
3. (intransitive) to matter, to be of significance

Inflection

Derived terms

• aftellen
• optellen
• vertellen

Descendants

• Afrikaans: tel
• ? Sranan Tongo: teri

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

tellen

1. Plural form of tel

Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German tellen, from Old Saxon tellian, from Proto-Germanic *taljan?. Cognate with Dutch tellen, German zählen, West Frisian telle, English tell, Danish tælle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?l??n/

Verb

tellen (past singular tell, past participle tellt, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. to count, to tell

Conjugation

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch tellen, from Proto-Germanic *taljan?.

Verb

tellen

1. to count, to calculate
2. to count as, to consider as
3. to tell, to say

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: tellen
• Limburgish: tèlle

Further reading

• “tellen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “tellen (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page II

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English tellan, from Proto-Germanic *taljan?.

Verb

tellen

1. to count
2. to tell

Conjugation

Descendants

• English: tell
• Scots: tell

Middle Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon tellian, from Proto-Germanic *taljan?. Cognate with Dutch tellen and English tell.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tell?n/, [t(?)el????n] or IPA^(key): /t?ll?n/, [t(?)?l????n]
• The raising of [?] to [e] might have been blocked by /lC/, as this combination prevented a lowering of [?] to [?].

Verb

tellen

1. to count, to tell

Conjugation

Related terms

• vortellen

Descendants

• Low German: tellen

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *taljan?.

Verb

tellen

1. to tell, to say
2. to count

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: tellen
  • Dutch: tellen
  • Limburgish: tèlle

Further reading

• “tellen”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012