See also: Killen

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

killen

  1. plural of kil

German

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

    Borrowed from English kill.

    Verb

    killen (weak, third-person singular present killt, past tense killte, past participle gekillt, auxiliary haben)

    1. (colloquial) to kill
      Synonyms: umbringen, umlegen, kaltmachen
      • 1929, Alfred Döblin, Berlin Alexanderplatz, Olten; Freiburg im Breisgau: Walter Verlag, published 1961, →ISBN, page 90:
        «Weil wir verraten sind, Franz, achtzehn und neunzehn, von den Bonzen, und Rosa haben sie gekillt und Karl Liebknecht. [] »
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
      • 2022 December 30, Nadine Conti, “Zensuren auf dem Prüfstand: Mehr Notenfreiheit in Niedersachsen”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz[1], →ISSN:
        Nichts killt ihre Motivation so nachhaltig wie der Eindruck, es sei egal, was sie machen.
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
      • 2023 July 12, Mohamed Amjahid, “Robert Jenrick lässt Figuren übermalen: Er hat Mickey Mouse gekillt”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz[2], →ISSN:
        Auch in Deutschland stehen viele Po­li­ti­ke­r*in­nen und ihre hasserfüllten Adepten mit der Farbrolle bereit, um Bambi gnadenlos zu killen.
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    Conjugation

    Etymology 2

    Borrowed from English.[1]

    Verb

    killen (weak, third-person singular present killt, past tense killte, past participle gekillt, auxiliary haben)

    1. (nautical) to shiver
      die Segel killen(please add an English translation of this usage example)

    References

    1. ^ killen” in Duden online

    Further reading

    • killen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[3] (in German)
    • killen (töten)” in Duden online
    • killen (wehen, flattern)” in Duden online
    • Gustav Goedel (1902), “killen”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Seemannssprache (in German), Kiel und Leipzig: Lipsius & Tischer, page 246

    Luxembourgish

    Pronunciation

    Etymology 1

    From Old High German kuolen; equivalent to kill (cool) +‎ -en.

    Verb

    killen (third-person singular present killt, past participle gekillt, auxiliary verb hunn)

    1. (transitive) to cool
    Conjugation
    Regular
    infinitive killen
    participle gekillt
    auxiliary hunn
    present
    indicative
    imperative
    1st singular killen
    2nd singular kills kill
    3rd singular killt
    1st plural killen
    2nd plural killt killt
    3rd plural killen

    (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

    Etymology 2

    Adjective

    killen

    1. inflection of kill:
      1. strong/weak nominative/accusative masculine singular
      2. weak dative masculine/neuter singular
      3. strong/weak dative plural

    Etymology 3

    Borrowed from English kill.

    Verb

    killen (third-person singular present killt, past participle gekillt, auxiliary verb hunn)

    1. (transitive, slang) to kill
    Conjugation
    Regular
    infinitive killen
    participle gekillt
    auxiliary hunn
    present
    indicative
    imperative
    1st singular killen
    2nd singular kills kill
    3rd singular killt
    1st plural killen
    2nd plural killt killt
    3rd plural killen

    (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

    Synonyms

    Swedish

    Noun

    killen

    1. definite singular of kille

    Anagrams

    Yagara

    Noun

    killen

    1. alternative form of gillen (finger)

    References