Till
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]- As an English surname, reduced from a pet form of Matilda.
- As a north German surname, spelling variant of Thiel.
Proper noun
[edit]Till (countable and uncountable, plural Tills)
- A placename:
- (uncountable) A river in Northumberland, England, tributary to the Tweed.
- Traditional saying:
- Tweed says to Till:
"What gars ye rin sae still ?"
Till says to Tweed:
"Tho ye rin wi' speed
And I rin slaw
Whar ye droon ae man,
I droon twa !"
- Tweed says to Till:
- Traditional saying:
- (uncountable) A river in Wiltshire, England.
- (uncountable) A river in Lincolnshire, England.
- (uncountable) A river in Northumberland, England, tributary to the Tweed.
- (countable) A surname.
Synonyms
[edit]- (river): River Till
Anagrams
[edit]German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]Till m (strong, genitive Tilles or Tills, plural Tille)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Till [masculine, strong]
Etymology 2
[edit]Medieval diminutive of compound given names beginning with Diet- (such as Dieter or Dietrich), from Old High German thoit (“people”).
Proper noun
[edit]Till m (proper noun, strong, genitive Tills)
- a male given name
Related terms
[edit]Categories:
- English terms derived from German
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Rivers in Northumberland, England
- en:Rivers in England
- en:Places in Northumberland, England
- en:Places in England
- en:Rivers in Wiltshire, England
- en:Places in Wiltshire, England
- en:Rivers in Lincolnshire, England
- en:Places in Lincolnshire, England
- English surnames
- German 1-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German masculine nouns
- German obsolete forms
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German proper nouns
- German given names
- German male given names