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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈkɪlən]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪlən

Noun

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killen

  1. plural of kil

German

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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    Borrowed from English kill.

    Verb

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    killen (weak, third-person singular present killt, past tense killte, past participle gekillt, auxiliary haben)

    1. (colloquial) to kill
      Synonyms: umbringen, umlegen, kaltmachen
      • 1929, Alfred Döblin, Berlin Alexanderplatz, Olten; Freiburg im Breisgau: Walter Verlag, published 1961, →ISBN, page 90:
        «Weil wir verraten sind, Franz, achtzehn und neunzehn, von den Bonzen, und Rosa haben sie gekillt und Karl Liebknecht. […] »
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
      • 2022 December 30, Nadine Conti, “Zensuren auf dem Prüfstand: Mehr Notenfreiheit in Niedersachsen”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎[1], Berlin: taz, die tageszeitung Verlagsgenossenschaft eG, →ISSN, archived from the original on 26 October 2026:
        Nichts killt ihre Motivation so nachhaltig wie der Eindruck, es sei egal, was sie machen.
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
      • 2023 July 12, Mohamed Amjahid, “Robert Jenrick lässt Figuren übermalen: Er hat Mickey Mouse gekillt”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎[2], Berlin: taz, die tageszeitung Verlagsgenossenschaft eG, →ISSN, archived from the original on 26 October 2026:
        Auch in Deutschland stehen viele Po­li­ti­ke­r*in­nen und ihre hasserfüllten Adepten mit der Farbrolle bereit, um Bambi gnadenlos zu killen.
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    Conjugation
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    Etymology 2

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    Borrowed from English.[1]

    Verb

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    killen (weak, third-person singular present killt, past tense killte, past participle gekillt, auxiliary haben)

    1. (nautical) to shiver
      die Segel killen ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

    References

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    1. ^ “killen” in Duden online

    Further reading

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    • “killen”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[3] (in German)
    • “killen (töten)” in Duden online
    • “killen (wehen, flattern)” in Duden online
    • Gustav Goedel (1902), “killen”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Seemannssprache (in German), Kiel und Leipzig: Lipsius & Tischer, page 246

    Luxembourgish

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    Pronunciation

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    Etymology 1

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    From Old High German kuolen; equivalent to kill (“cool”) +‎ -en.

    Verb

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    killen (third-person singular present killt, past participle gekillt, auxiliary verb hunn)

    1. (transitive) to cool
    Conjugation
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    Regular
    infinitive killen
    participle gekillt
    auxiliary hunn
    present
    indicative
    imperative
    1st singular killen —
    2nd singular kills kill
    3rd singular killt —
    1st plural killen —
    2nd plural killt killt
    3rd plural killen —

    (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

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    Etymology 2

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    Adjective

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    killen

    1. inflection of kill:
      1. strong/weak nominative/accusative masculine singular
      2. weak dative masculine/neuter singular
      3. strong/weak dative plural

    Etymology 3

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    Borrowed from English kill.

    Verb

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    killen (third-person singular present killt, past participle gekillt, auxiliary verb hunn)

    1. (transitive, slang) to kill
    Conjugation
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    Regular
    infinitive killen
    participle gekillt
    auxiliary hunn
    present
    indicative
    imperative
    1st singular killen —
    2nd singular kills kill
    3rd singular killt —
    1st plural killen —
    2nd plural killt killt
    3rd plural killen —

    (n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

    Synonyms
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    Swedish

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    Noun

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    killen

    1. definite singular of kille

    Anagrams

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    Yagara

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    Noun

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    killen

    1. alternative form of gillen (“finger”)

    References

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