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zahlen.

to pay

6 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈtsaːln̩//ˈtsaːlən/Germany/ˈtsaːlɛn//ˈtsaːln̩/Austria, Southern-Germany, Switzerland

  1. to pay

    intransitive · transitive · weak
    Ich muss meine Steuern zahlen.
    Er muss noch die Gebühr an die Verwaltung zahlen.

  2. to pay, to atone

    figuratively · transitive · weak
    Ich will keinen Fehler machen, für den ich später zahlen muss.

  3. to pay out

    transitive · weak
    Die Aktien zahlten eine Dividende von 7%.
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German zaln, zalen, from Old High German zalōn, from Proto-West Germanic *talōn, from Proto-Germanic *talōną (“to tell, recount; to count, reckon”). Cognate with Bavarian zoin, English tale, Dutch talen, Swedish tala, Danish tal. Equivalent to Zahl + -en.

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