callen

See also: Callen

Catalan

Verb

callen

  1. third-person plural present indicative of callar

Galician

Verb

callen

  1. inflection of callar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *kallon, from Proto-Germanic *kalzōną.

Verb

callen

  1. to talk about, to tell
  2. to talk rubbish

Inflection

Conjugation of callen (weak)
infinitive base form callen
genitive callens
dative callene
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular calle calle
2nd person singular cals, calles cals, calles
3rd person singular calt, callet calle
1st person plural callen callen
2nd person plural calt, callet calt, callet
3rd person plural callen callen
imperative
singular cal, calle
plural calt, callet
present past
participle callende

Descendants

  • Dutch: kallen
  • Limburgish: kalle

Further reading

  • callen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “callen”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English ceallian and Old Norse kalla, both from Proto-Germanic *kalzōną.

Verb

callen

  1. to call

Conjugation

Conjugation of callen (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) callen, calle
present tense past tense
1st-person singular calle called
2nd-person singular callest calledest
3rd-person singular calleth called
subjunctive singular calle
imperative singular
plural1 callen, calle calleden, callede
imperative plural calleth, calle
participles callynge, callende called, ycalled

1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Derived terms

Descendants

References

Spanish

Verb

callen

  1. inflection of callar:
    1. third-person plural present subjunctive
    2. third-person plural imperative