eilen

From Proto-Finnic *eklen, of uncertain earlier origin. Seemingly an instructive singular case.

• IPA^(key): /ˈei̯len/, [ˈe̞i̯le̞n]
• Rhymes: -eilen
• Syllabification^(key): ei‧len

eilen (not comparable)

1. yesterday

   eilen illalla ― (during) last night

• eilinen

• “eilen”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
• eilen in Kettunen, Lauri (1940): Suomen murrekartasto

• Eelin, elein, liene, niele

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

• IPA^(key): [ˈaɪ̯lən]

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eilen (weak, third-person singular present eilt, past tense eilte, past participle geeilt, auxiliary haben or sein)

1. to hurry, to rush

   Ich eilte zum Bahnhof. ― I hurried to the railway station.

   Sie eilte nach Hause. ― She hurried home.

   • 1818, Joseph von Eichendorff, The Marble Statue ("Das Marmorbild")::

     Florio sah ihm lange nach, dann eilte er wie ein Trunkener der Stadt zu.

     Florio looked at him for long, then he hurried to the city like a drunk.

   • 1844, Felix Mendelssohn, Hör' mein Bitten (with literal translation):

     O könnt' ich fliegen wie Tauben dahin,
     weit hinweg vor dem Feinde zu fliehn!
     In die Wüste eilt' ich dann fort,
     fände Ruhe am schattigen Ort.

     Oh, if I could fly off like the doves,
     flee far away from the foe!
     Into the wilderness I would then hasten,
     and find repose in a shadowy place.

2. to be urgent

   Es eilt! ― It's urgent!

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• hasten

• trotten

• laufen
• rennen
• stürmen

• “eilen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “eilen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “eilen” in Duden online
• “eilen” in OpenThesaurus.de

• eilien, alen

From Old English eġlan, eġlian, from Proto-West Germanic *aglijan, from Proto-Germanic *aglijaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛi̯lən/

eilen

1. to trouble, afflict, or harm (someone or something)

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

• English: ail
• Scots: ail
• Yola: teil

• “eilen, -ien, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.