mølle

See also: molle, MOLLE, Mollé, mollë, and mölle

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed via Middle Low German or Old English from Late Latin molina (“millstone”). Distantly related to Old Norse mylna, itself derived from the verb mylja (“to crush into pieces”).

Noun

mølle c (singular definite møllen, plural indefinite møller)

1. mill, millhouse

Inflection

Declension of mølle

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	mølle	møllen	møller	møllerne
genitive	mølles	møllens	møllers	møllernes

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

mølle f or m (definite singular mølla or møllen, indefinite plural møller, definite plural møllene)

1. a mill ((building with) grinding apparatus)

Synonyms

• kvern

Derived terms

• den som kommer først til mølla, får først malt
• kruttmølle
• møllebruk
• mølledam
• møllehjul
• møllestein
• papirmølle
• peppermølle
• tidemølle
• tredemølle
• undervannsmølle
• valsemølle
• vannmølle
• vindmølle

 

References

• “mølle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• mølla (non-standard since 2012)

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian Bokmål mølle, from Danish mølle. Doublet of mylne.

Noun

mølle f (definite singular mølla, indefinite plural møller, definite plural møllene)

1. alternative form of mylne (“mill”)

Derived terms

• knusemølle
• møllar
• møllebruk
• mølledam
• møllehjul
• møllespel
• møllestein
• papirmølle
• tredemølle
• trømølle
• valsemølle
• vindmølle

 

References

• “mølle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.