German

Noun

Bellen m ‎(genitive Bellens, no plural)

1. bark, barking (of a dog)

Dutch

Verb

bellen

1. (intransitive) to ring, like using a bell
2. (transitive) to call, by bell (originally) or (now mostly) telephone; to dial

Inflection

Derived terms

• beller
• beltoon
• belkrediet
• gebel
• afbellen
• opbellen

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch bellen. Cognate with English bellow, German bellen and Russian блеять ‎(blejat', “baa, bleat”).

Verb

bellen

1. (intransitive) to bark, like a canine
2. (transitive) to bark, scold, insult, rage at

Inflection

Etymology 3

Non-lemma forms.

Noun

bellen

1. Plural form of bel

German

Etymology

From Old High German bellan, cognate with English bellow, Russian блеять ‎(blejat', “baa, bleat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛlən/
• Hyphenation: bel‧len
• Homophone: Bällen

Verb

bellen ‎(third-person singular simple present bellt, past tense bellte, past participle gebellt, auxiliary haben)

1. (intransitive) to bark:
   1. (literally) like a canine
      • 1929, Kurt Tucholsky, Das Lächeln der Mona Lisa (Sammelband), Ernst Rowohlt Verlag, page 138:

        Ein Hund bellt, wenn er mit den Sinnen etwas wahrgenommen hat; daraufhin, weil ihn sein Bellen erschreckt und aufregt, und des weiteren, weil sich das wahrgenommene Objekt um ihn kümmert, nicht um ihn kümmert oder davonläuft.

        A dog barks when he perceived something with the senses; thereupon, because his barking scares and upsets him, and furthermore, because the perceived object looks after him, does not look after him, or runs away.

   2. (figuratively) in a rude, loud human voice

Conjugation

Derived terms

• Hunde, die bellen, beißen nicht