eilen

Meaning

  1. (weak) to hurry, to rush (on foot, in a determined and purposeful manner)
  2. (impersonal, often, weak) to be urgent

Opposite of
spazieren, schlendern, bummeln
Frequency

C2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

raiffle

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

renne

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

seggle

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈaɪ̯lən]
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German īlen, from Old High German īlen, from Proto-West Germanic *īlijan (“to make haste, hasten”).

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