bolle
FromProto-Albanian*bālnai, fromProto-Indo-European*bʰl̥-no-. CompareAncient Greekφαλλός(phallós,“penis”),Latinfollis(“bellows”),Old Irishball(“limb, member, part, body part”),[1]Old High Germanballo,balla(“buttocks”). Occurs exclusively in the plural form.
bolle c (singular definitebollen,plural indefiniteboller)
common gender | singular | plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | bolle | bollen | boller | bollerne |
genitive | bolles | bollens | bollers | bollernes |
From the obsoletebolle ("bull"), or a variant ofbole(“to whore”).
bolle (imperativebol,infinitiveatbolle,present tenseboller,past tensebollede,perfect tenseharbollet)
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bolle f
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FromOld Norsebolli(“goblet, cup”).
bolle m (definite singularbollen,indefinite pluralboller,definite pluralbollene)
From German throughDanishbolle. Cf.Swedishbulle.
bolle m (definite singularbollen,indefinite pluralboller,definite pluralbollene)
FromOld Norsebolli(“goblet, cup”), fromProto-Germanic*bullô(“ball, bowl”), from*ballô(“ball”).
bolle m (definite singularbollen,indefinite pluralbollar,definite pluralbollane)
From German throughDanishbolle. Cf.Swedishbulle.
bolle m (definite singularbollen,indefinite pluralbollar,definite pluralbollane)
FromProto-Germanic*bullǭ(“ball, round object, shell”), fromProto-Indo-European*bʰln-, fromProto-Indo-European*bʰel-(“to blow, inflate, swell, bubble”). Cognate withOld Frisianbolla(“goblet”),Old Saxonbollo(“goblet”),Old High Germanbolla(“round vessel, bowl”),Old Norsebolli(“goblet, cup”).
bolle f
Weak feminine (n-stem):
FromOld Frisian*bula, fromProto-Germanic*bulô.
bolle c (pluralbollen,diminutiveboltsje)