bølle
Danish
Etymology 1
From a gang called bøllesjakket, which took its name from its haunt, Bøllemosen (situated north of Copenhagen), which is again named after the plant bølle. The word was coined in 1885.
Noun
bølle
Declension
Declension of bølle
Related terms
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *bulljō, from Proto-Indo-European *bhljā (“testicle”), probably because of the similarity of the berry to testicles.
Noun
bølle
- bog bilberry (bush)
Declension
Declension of bølle
References
- Politikens Nudansk Ordbog med etymologi, 3rd ed. (c) 2005.
- “bølle” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “bølle,2” in Den Danske Ordbog
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From the Danish name Bøllemose, a place where a band of misbehaving boys from Copenhagen would hang out. Term coined in 1885.
Noun
bølle f or m (definite singular bølla or bøllen, indefinite plural bøller, definite plural bøllene)
- brute; a brutish person
- rascal; a trickster, troublemaker.
Derived terms
Derived terms
Verb
bølle (present tense bøller, past tense bølla or bøllet, past participle bølla or bøllet)
References
- “bølle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Categories:
- Danish lemmas
- Danish nouns
- Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Danish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Danish
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål feminine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns with multiple genders
- Norwegian Bokmål verbs
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