tellen

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) to count, to enumerate
2. (transitive) to determine the number of
3. (intransitive) to matter, to be of significance

Noun

plural of tel

Hyphenated as

tel‧len

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtɛlə(n)/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch tellen, from Old Dutch tellen, from Proto-West Germanic *talljan, from Proto-Germanic *taljaną.
Equivalent to tal (“number”) + -en (“denominative”) or taal (“language”) + -en (“denominative”) and shows the effect of historical umlaut.