telen

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to cultivate, to grow plants, notably crops
  2. (transitive) to raise, to breed animals or (figurative, notably a type of) men

Frequency

27k
Hyphenated as
te‧len
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈteː.lən/
Etymology

From Middle Dutch tēlen, from Old Dutch tilon, from Proto-West Germanic *tilōn, from Proto-Germanic *tilōną.

Bookmark this

Improve your pronunciation

Dutch

Start learning Dutch with learnfeliz.

Practice speaking and memorizing "telen" and many other words and sentences in Dutch.

Go to our Dutch course page

Notes

Sign in to write sticky notes
Sentences

Questions