bålgeting

Swedish

en bålgeting

Etymology

Superficially bål (“bole”) +‎ geting (“wasp”). The first compound is rather from archaic adjective *bol (“large; great”), from the same origin as bål (“stem; trunk”).

Noun

bålgeting c

1. hornet

Declension

Declension of bålgeting

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	bålgeting	bålgetings
	definite	bålgetingen	bålgetingens
plural	indefinite	bålgetingar	bålgetingars
	definite	bålgetingarna	bålgetingarnas

Related terms

• geting c

See also

• bi n (“bee”)
• geting c (“wasp”)
• humla c (“bumblebee”)

References

• “bålgeting”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “bålgeting”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “bålgeting”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• bålgeting in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)