täuln

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• teiln (West Central Bavarian)

Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German teilen, from Proto-West Germanic *dailijan (“to divide, part, deal”). Compare German teilen, Dutch deelen, English deal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd̥ɶːn/, /ˈd̥ɶɫn̩/

Verb

täuln (past participle täult) (East Central Bavarian, Vienna)

1. (transitive or reflexive) to divide, to part

   Ångeblich håd der Moses is Meer täult. ― Moses is said to have parted the sea.

   Is Meer håd se täult. ― The sea parted (literally, “The sea parted itself.”)

2. (ditransitive) to split into; to divide into [+ in (accusative)]

   A Orangn kånnst in Spoitn täuln. ― You can split an Orange into wedges.

   Mid ana Grådn täult ma an Kraas in zwaa Åschnitt. ― A straight line is used to divide a circle into two sections.

3. (ditransitive) to divide by [+ durch (accusative)]

   Åchtzg täult durch viere is zwanzg. ― Eighty divided by four equals twenty.

4. (transitive) to share; to split

   Se håbn des Brot täult. ― They shared the bread.

   Mia täuln uns de Kostn. ― We'll split the costs.

Conjugation

Conjugation of täuln

infinitive	täuln
	present tense	past tense	subjunctive
1st person sing.	täul	-	täulad
2nd person sing.	täulst	-	täulast
3rd person sing.	täult	-	täulad
1st person plur.	täuln	-	täuladn
2nd person plur.	täults	-	täulats
3rd person plur.	täuln	-	täuladn
imperative sing.	täul
imperative plur.	{{{imp-pl}}}
past participle	täult

Derived terms

• auftäuln
• austäuln
• eitäuln
• ertäuln
• mittäuln
• vertäuln
• zuatäuln
• åtäuln