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)
- 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.
- 2017 January 12, Jesse Hassenger, “A literal monster truck is far from the stupidest thing about Monster Trucks”, in The Onion AV Club[1], archived from the original on 27 January 2017:
- Technically speaking, it’s Lucas Till, the actor playing Tripp, who is far too old to be riding a school bus, not his character in Monster Trucks, who is written as a 16-year-old, maybe 17 tops. But Till does not look 16, nor 17, nor even 18.
- 2023 October 26, Rojoef Manuel, “British Army Trials Situational Awareness Technologies in Urban Warfare Training”, in The Defense Post[2], archived from the original on 17 July 2024:
- “How to hide, survive and use the urban environment as a sanctuary was a challenge but the soldiers adapted to the real-life challenges,” ETG Commander Col. Toby Till explained.
Synonyms
- (river): River Till
Anagrams
German
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
Till m (strong, genitive Tilles or Tills, plural Tille)
Declension
Declension of Till [masculine, strong]
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)
- a male given name