Till

See also: till and 'till

English

Etymology

• As an English surname, reduced from a pet form of Matilda.
• As a north German surname, spelling variant of Thiel.

Proper noun

Till (countable and uncountable, plural Tills)

1. A placename
   1. (uncountable) A river in Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, 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 !"

   2. (uncountable) A river in Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom
   3. (uncountable) A river in Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
2. (countable) A surname.

Synonyms

• (river): River Till

Anagrams

• it'll, lilt, lit'l

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɪl/

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

Noun

Till m (strong, genitive Tilles or Tills, plural Tille)

1. Obsolete form of Dill (“dill”).

Declension

Declension of Till [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Till	die	Tille
genitive	eines	des	Tilles, Tills	der	Tille
dative	einem	dem	Till, Tille1	den	Tillen
accusative	einen	den	Till	die	Tille

¹Now rare, see notes.

Etymology 2

Medieval diminutive of compound given names beginning with Diet- (such as Dieter or Dietrich), from Old High German thoit (“people”).

Proper noun

Till m (proper noun, strong, genitive Tills)

1. a male given name

Related terms

• Tillmann, Tilmann, Tilman