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mell +‎ -en

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛlːɛn]
  • Hyphenation: mel‧len

mellen

  1. superessive singular of mell

From Middle Low German melden, from Old Saxon meldōn, from Proto-West Germanic *melþōn, cognate with Old English meldian, Dutch and German melden.

mellen (past mell, past participle mellt, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. (transitive) to report, announce

    De Direkter hett den Unfall mellt.

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From Middle High German mëlden, from Old High German meldōn (with regular transition of intervocalic -ld- to -ll-), from Proto-West Germanic *melþōn.

mellen (third-person singular present mellt, past participle gemellt, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (transitive) to report, to announce
  2. (reflexive) to get in touch
Regular
infinitive mellen
participle gemellt
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative 		imperative
1st singular mellen —
2nd singular mells mell
3rd singular mellt —
1st plural mellen —
2nd plural mellt mellt
3rd plural mellen —
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Probably from Vulgar Latin *mĕllĭnus, from Classical Latin mĕl, mĕllis (“honey”).

mellen m (feminine singular melna, masculine plural mellens, feminine plural melnas)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) yellow
  2. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) egg yolk

mellen

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