fillen

fillen

See also: Fillen

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German fuolen, from Proto-West Germanic *fōlijan (“to feel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfilen/, [ˈfilən]
• Rhymes: -ilən

Verb

fillen (third-person singular present fillt, past participle gefillt, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (transitive) to feel, to experience
2. (reflexive) to feel

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive	fillen
participle	gefillt
auxiliary	hunn
	present indicative	imperative
1st singular	fillen	—
2nd singular	fills	fill
3rd singular	fillt	—
1st plural	fillen	—
2nd plural	fillt	fillt
3rd plural	fillen	—
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Synonyms

• spieren

Derived terms

• matfillen
• nofillen
• ufillen

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• felle, fellen, fil, fill, fille, fillyn, fulle, fullen, fylle, velle, vullen
• fillenn (Ormulum)

Etymology

From Old English fyllan, from Proto-West Germanic *fullijan, from Proto-Germanic *fullijaną; equivalent to fille +‎ -en (infinitival suffix). Compare fullen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɛlən/, /ˈfilən/, /ˈfulən/

Verb

fillen (third-person singular simple present filleth, present participle fillynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative filde, past participle fild)

1. To make or cause to be full; to fill:
   1. To fill up; to make a container or cavity full.
   2. To supply, provide or cover with (often of people)
   3. To suffuse or instill; to cause to spread.
2. To satisfy; to make happy or satiated:
   1. To alleviate or cure; to remove a condition.
   2. To feed (sufficiently); to serve food.
3. To do or execute (a task):
   1. To satisfy a duty or prediction; to fulfil.
   2. (rare) To be fulfilling or satisfying.
4. To be or become full of; to spread throughout.
5. To pour beverages (wine, beer) into glasses.
6. (rare, of time) To pass; to become complete.

Conjugation

Conjugation of fillen (weak in -ed/-de)

infinitive	(to) fillen, fille
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	fille	filled, filde
2nd-person singular	fillest	filledest, fildest
3rd-person singular	filleth	filled, filde
subjunctive singular	fille
imperative singular		—
plural1	fillen, fille	filleden, fillede, filden, filde
imperative plural	filleth, fille	—
participles	fillynge, fillende	filled, fild, yfilled, yfild

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

Related terms

• fulfillen

Descendants

• English: fill
• Scots: fill
• Yola: vill

References

• “fillen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• filla

Noun

fillen m or f

1. definite masculine singular of fille