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billen

billen

Danish

Noun

billen c

  1. singular definite of bille

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

billen

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

Derived terms

  • billenkoek
  • met de billen bloot
  • op de blote billen
  • voor de billen geven/krijgen

Hungarian

Etymology

From an onomatopoeia + -en (instantaneous suffix). [1]

Pronunciation

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

Verb

billen

  1. (intransitive) to tilt, slant, lean, swing, dip (to one side) (-ra/-re)
    Merre billen a mérleg? - Which way will the scale dip?

Conjugation

Derived terms

Related terms

  • billeg

References

  1. Gábor Zaicz, Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete, Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, ISBN 963 7094 01 6

Luxembourgish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /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