Gülle

See also: gulle, Gulle, and gülle

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German gülle (“puddle”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *guljō, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeyh₁- (“to gape, yawn”), whence Proto-Germanic *gīnaną. Cognate with German Gülle (“liquid manure”), Cimbrian gülla (“vomit”), also Middle Low German gōle (“swamp”), Swedish göl (“puddle”), dialectal Norwegian gyl (“cleft”), and Finnish kulju (“quagmire”) (which was borrowed from North Germanic).

Noun

Gülle f (Uri)

1. shallow pond
2. puddle, especially of slurry (liquid manure)

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 19.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡʏlə/

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• Rhymes: -ʏlə

Noun

Gülle f (genitive Gülle, no plural)

1. liquid manure

Declension

Declension of Gülle [sg-only, feminine]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Gülle
genitive	einer	der	Gülle
dative	einer	der	Gülle
accusative	eine	die	Gülle

Further reading

• “Gülle” in Duden online