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quellen

B2

to swell / spring / pour / ooze

English meaning
to swell / spring / pour / ooze
Vocabulary package
Water, Rivers & Sea

quellen in a sentence

Wasser quoll aus der Quelle in den Fluss.

Water springs from the source into the river.

Conjugation of quellen

ichquelle
duquillst
er/sie/esquillt
wirquellen
ihrquellt
sie/Siequellen
Simple past (er/sie/es)
quoll
Perfect
ist gequollen

Word family

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Where quellen comes from

seit dem 10. Jahrhundert bezeugt; althochdeutsch quellan, urgermanisch *kwelnanan, auch niederländisch kwellen ‚anschwellen‘, altenglisch collenferhð ‚mit geschwollenem Mut, stolz‘, zum indogermanischen *gʷelH- ‚herabträufeln, überfließen…

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Questions about quellen

How do you conjugate quellen?

Present tense: quelle, quillst, quillt, quellen, quellt, quellen. Simple past: quoll. Perfect: ist gequollen.

What does quellen mean in English?

quellen means "to swell / spring / pour / ooze". For example: "Wasser quoll aus der Quelle in den Fluss." — "Water springs from the source into the river."

What level is quellen in German?

quellen is a B2 word — b2 — upper-intermediate. It belongs to the water, rivers & sea vocabulary.

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