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eilen
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Finnish
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] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
- eilen in Kettunen, Lauri (1940): Suomen murrekartasto
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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 (on foot, in a determined and purposeful manner) [auxiliary sein]
- Ich eilte zum Bahnhof. ― I hurried to the railway station.
- jemandem zu Hilfe eilen ― to rush to someone's aid
- 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,
- Synonym: hasten
- Antonyms: spazieren, schlendern, bummeln
- (often impersonal) to be urgent [auxiliary haben]
- Es eilt! ― It's urgent!
Usage notes
Conjugation
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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Middle English
Alternative forms
- eilien, alen
Etymology
From Old English eġlan, eġlian, from Proto-West Germanic *aglijan, from Proto-Germanic *aglijaną.
Pronunciation
Verb
eilen
Conjugation
1 Sometimes 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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