Low German

Verb

gellen ‎(past singular gull, past participle gullen, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. (intransitive) to be valid; to count; to hold true
2. (intransitive) to be effective; to be in force
3. (transitive) to be worth
4. (intransitive, with an oblique personal object) to be meant for
5. (intransitive, with “as” or “för”) to be regarded (as something); to pass (for something)
6. (impersonal) to be necessary
7. (intransitive, with “laten”) to pass; to go; (Like in standard German, often translated with laten as a unit into allow, endure, permit, accept, etc.)

   Dat will ik utnahmwies mal gellen laten. — “I will let that pass [allow, concede, endure, permit, accept that] as an exception.”

Conjugation

Related terms

• Geld
• Gellen
• güllig
• Gold

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *gellan, from Proto-Germanic *gellaną.

Verb

gellen

1. to yell, scream

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: gillen