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tellen.

to count, to enumerate

6 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈtɛ.lə(n)/
  1. to count, to enumerate

    transitive
  2. to determine the number of

    transitive
  3. to matter, to be of significance

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch tellen, from Old Dutch tellen, from Proto-West Germanic *talljan, from Proto-Germanic *taljaną. Equivalent to tal (“number”) + -en (“denominative”) or taal (“language”) + -en (“denominative”) and shows the effect of historical umlaut.

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