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tillen.

to lift, to raise

6 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. to lift, to raise

    intransitive · transitive
  2. to scam, to con

    informal · intransitive · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch tillen, of uncertain origin, possibly a borrowing from Old Frisian, and ultimately related to Proto-West Germanic *þolēn (“to endure, bear”).

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