Troll

See also: troll, tröll, and trøll

English

Etymology

A term coined by Yoopers to refer to residents of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, because trolls live "under the bridge" (referring to the Mackinac Bridge).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Troll

1. (slang) a native or resident of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan

Hypernyms

• Michigander
• Michiganian

German

Etymology

18th century, from Danish trold, Swedish troll, both from Old Norse trǫll, from Proto-Germanic *truzlą. Influenced by a native word for “coarse, boorish person”, attested in Upper German dialects from the 15th century, which is probably cognate to the former. The internet sense after English troll, from the Old Norse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trɔl/, [tʁɔl]

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Noun

Troll m (strong, genitive Trolles or Trolls, plural Trolle, feminine Trollin)

1. (mythology, literature) troll
2. (colloquial) an ugly or boorish person
3. (Internet) troll

Declension

Declension of Troll [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Troll	die	Trolle
genitive	eines	des	Trolles, Trolls	der	Trolle
dative	einem	dem	Troll, Trolle1	den	Trollen
accusative	einen	den	Troll	die	Trolle

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Mumintroll
• trollen (one sense)

Related terms

• Trulla

Further reading

• “Troll” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Troll (Nörgler)” in Duden online
• “Troll (Dämon)” in Duden online
• “Troll”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–