dille
Danish
Noun
dille
Related terms
References
“dille” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: dil‧le
Noun
dille f (uncountable)
- dill (herb)
Italian
Verb
dille
Latvian
Noun
dille f
- (rare) (deprecated template usage) nominative singular form of dilles
Middle English
Noun
dille
- Alternative form of dile
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From dilettant, from Italian dilettare (“delight”). Alternatively related to dialectal dalle (“run, dangle, hang loosely”).
Verb
dille (imperative dill, present tense diller, passive dilles, simple past and past participle dilla or dillet, present participle dillende)
- fool around, monkey around
- act without purpose
- gå omkring og dille
- idle about
- gå omkring og dille
Synonyms
- (fool around): tøyse og tulle
- (act without purpose): veve
Derived terms
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Etymology 2
From delirium, also under the influence of etymology 1
Noun
dille f or m (definite singular dilla or dillen, uncountable)
- delirium
- Ha dilla / få dilla
- Have a delirium / get a delirium
- Ha dilla / få dilla
- (figuratively) eagerness, mania, craze
Usage notes
Usually only used in the definite singular form: dilla
Derived terms
- fotballdilla, bildilla (figuratively)
- få dilla
- få dilla på
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From delirium, also under the influence of etymology 2
Noun
dille f (definite singular dilla, uncountable)
- delirium
- Ha dilla / få dilla
- Have a delirium / get a delirium
- Ha dilla / få dilla
- (figuratively) eagerness, mania, craze
Usage notes
Usually only used in the definite singular form: dilla
Derived terms
- fotballdilla, bildilla (figuratively)
- få dilla
- få dilla på
Etymology 2
Related to dialectal dalle (“run, dangle, hang loosely”).
Verb
dille (present tense dillar, past tense dilla, past participle dilla, passive infinitive dillast, present participle dillande, imperative dille/dill)
- run lightly
- tremble, shake
- dille i knea
- tremble at the knees
- dille i knea
- move (slightly), shake
- Lammet dillar med / på rova.
- The lamb shakes its tail / ass.
- fool around, monkey around
- act without purpose
- gå omkring og dille
- idle about
- gå omkring og dille
Synonyms
- (run lightly): dilte
- (move (slightly)): lee
References
- “dille” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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