wallen
German
    
    Etymology 1
    
From Middle High German wallen, from Old High German wallan (“spin, twist, dance”), from Proto-West Germanic *wallan, from Proto-Germanic *wallaną. Cognate with English to well up.
Verb
    
wallen (weak, third-person singular present wallt, past tense wallte, past participle gewallt, auxiliary haben or sein)
- (intransitive) to move violently, to seethe (of boiling liquid) [auxiliary haben]
- Wenn die Milch im Topf zu wallen beginnt, kocht sie schnell über.- When the milk in the pot begins to move violently, it will quickly boil over.
 
 
- (intransitive, formal) to roil (of the sea) [auxiliary haben]
- (formal) to undulate, to flutter, to palpitate [auxiliary haben]
- 1545, Martin Luther (translator), Biblia, Judith XII, Hans Lufft:
- Da wallet dem Holofernes sein hertz / Denn er war entzündet mit brunst gegen jr.- Then Holofernes' heart palpitated (to him); for he was enflamed with arousal toward her.
 
 
 
- 1545, Martin Luther (translator), Biblia, Judith XII, Hans Lufft:
- (formal) to move (somewhere) while undulating, to billow, to flow [auxiliary sein]
Conjugation
    
| infinitive | wallen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | wallend | ||||
| past participle | gewallt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben or sein | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich walle | wir wallen | i | ich walle | wir wallen | 
| du wallst | ihr wallt | du wallest | ihr wallet | ||
| er wallt | sie wallen | er walle | sie wallen | ||
| preterite | ich wallte | wir wallten | ii | ich wallte1 | wir wallten1 | 
| du walltest | ihr walltet | du walltest1 | ihr walltet1 | ||
| er wallte | sie wallten | er wallte1 | sie wallten1 | ||
| imperative | wall (du) walle (du) | wallt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Further reading
    
- “wallen” in Duden online
Etymology 2
    
From Middle High German wallen, from Old High German wallōn (“move in random, be unstable”), from Proto-West Germanic *wallan, from Proto-Germanic *wallaną, related to Frankish *wallōn (“to surge; well up; bubble over; roll about”).
Verb
    
wallen (weak, third-person singular present wallt, past tense wallte, past participle gewallt, auxiliary sein)
Conjugation
    
| infinitive | wallen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | wallend | ||||
| past participle | gewallt | ||||
| auxiliary | sein | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich walle | wir wallen | i | ich walle | wir wallen | 
| du wallst | ihr wallt | du wallest | ihr wallet | ||
| er wallt | sie wallen | er walle | sie wallen | ||
| preterite | ich wallte | wir wallten | ii | ich wallte1 | wir wallten1 | 
| du walltest | ihr walltet | du walltest1 | ihr walltet1 | ||
| er wallte | sie wallten | er wallte1 | sie wallten1 | ||
| imperative | wall (du) walle (du) | wallt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
    
Middle Dutch
    
    Etymology
    
From Old Dutch wallan, from Proto-West Germanic *wallan, from Proto-Germanic *wallaną.
Inflection
    
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
    
- Dutch: wallen
Further reading
    
- “wallen”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “wallen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I