eilen
Finnish
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Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *eklen, of uncertain earlier origin. Seemingly an instructive singular case.
Pronunciation
Adverb
eilen (not comparable)
- yesterday
- eilen illalla ― (during) last night
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “eilen”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
- eilen in Kettunen, Lauri (1940): Suomen murrekartasto
Anagrams
German
Etymology
From Middle High German īlen, from Old High German īlen, from Proto-West Germanic *īlijan (“to make haste, hasten”).
Pronunciation
Verb
eilen (weak, third-person singular present eilt, past tense eilte, past participle geeilt, auxiliary haben or sein)
- to hurry, to rush
- Ich eilte zum Bahnhof. ― I hurried to the railway station.
- Sie eilte nach Hause. ― She hurried home.
- 1818, Joseph von Eichendorff, The Marble Statue ("Das Marmorbild")::
- Florio sah ihm lange nach, dann eilte er wie ein Trunkener der Stadt zu.
- Florio looked at him for long, then he hurried to the city like a drunk.
- 1844, Felix Mendelssohn, Hör' mein Bitten (with literal translation):
- O könnt' ich fliegen wie Tauben dahin,
weit hinweg vor dem Feinde zu fliehn!
In die Wüste eilt' ich dann fort,
fände Ruhe am schattigen Ort.- Oh, if I could fly off like the doves,
flee far away from the foe!
Into the wilderness I would then hasten,
and find repose in a shadowy place.
- Oh, if I could fly off like the doves,
- to be urgent
- Es eilt! ― It's urgent!
Conjugation
infinitive | eilen | ||||
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present participle | eilend | ||||
past participle | geeilt | ||||
auxiliary | haben or sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich eile | wir eilen | i | ich eile | wir eilen |
du eilst | ihr eilt | du eilest | ihr eilet | ||
er eilt | sie eilen | er eile | sie eilen | ||
preterite | ich eilte | wir eilten | ii | ich eilte1 | wir eilten1 |
du eiltest | ihr eiltet | du eiltest1 | ihr eiltet1 | ||
er eilte | sie eilten | er eilte1 | sie eilten1 | ||
imperative | eil (du) eile (du) |
eilt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “eilen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “eilen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “eilen” in Duden online
- “eilen” in OpenThesaurus.de
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English eġlan, eġlian, from Proto-West Germanic *aglijan, from Proto-Germanic *aglijaną.
Pronunciation
Verb
eilen
Conjugation
1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.
Descendants
References
- “eilen, -ien, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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