Boll

See also: boll, bòll, Bøll, bøll, Böll, and böll

English

Alternative forms

• Boell

Etymology

• As a Danish and German surname, from Danish Bøll, German Böll.
• Also as a German surname, from the personal name Baldo (see Bold). Compare Boell.
• As an English surname, variant of Bull.
• Also as an English surname, from the noun bowl. Compare Bowler.
• As a Scottish surname, variant of Boyle.

Proper noun

Boll (plural Bolls)

1. A surname from the Germanic languages.
   1. A surname from German.
   2. A surname from Danish.

Further reading

• Boll (surname) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Low German

Alternative forms

• Bolle, Bollen

Etymology

From Middle Low German bolle, from Old Saxon bollo, from Proto-Germanic *bullô, *bullǭ. More at bowl. The anatomical sense probably developed under influence of Middle Low German bille (cf. Dutch bil).

Noun

Boll m or f (plural Bollen) (German Low German)

1. bun, roll
2. (botany) bulb
3. (Westphalian) thigh, buttock

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German bolle, from Old High German bolla, from Proto-Germanic *bullǭ.

The sense “bowl” is inherited in many dialects of Central Franconian and even further east in Hessian Rhine Franconian. Therefore there is no reason to consider it a borrowing from French bol, which is itself a rather late borrowing from English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bol/
  • Rhymes: -ol

Noun

Boll f (plural Bollen)

1. bowl, dish
2. ladle

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German bulle, from Old Saxon *bulo, from Proto-Germanic *bulô.

Noun

Boll m (plural Bulls)

1. bull

Hypernyms

• Rintvee

Derived terms

• Bollkaulf
• bolsch