telleren

Telleren is a Dutch verb form that is not standard in modern Dutch. In everyday language, the verb meaning “to count” is tellen. Telleren may appear as a historic, regional, or mistaken variant, and it is rarely used or listed as a separate entry in major dictionaries today.

The word would be related to tellen through a common Dutch pattern of deriving verbs with the -eren suffix, but telleren is not productive in contemporary usage. Because it is not widely recognized as a separate, standard verb, there is little agreement on its exact conjugation or accepted spellings in present use.

Usage and distinctions:

- For counting numbers or enumerating items, use tellen: Ik tel vijf appels. Wij tellen de stemmen.

- For recounting a story or giving an account, use vertellen: Zij vertelde het verhaal.

- Telleren, when encountered, is typically restricted to historical texts, dialectal writing, or common misspellings rather than everyday usage.

See also:

- Tellen (to count)

- Vertellen (to tell/narrate)

- Teller (counter, the device used to count)