fingerbøl

Danish

Etymology

From finger (“finger”) +‎ bøl (“archaic: house”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fenɡərbøl/, [ˈfeŋɐˌb̥øl]

Noun

fingerbøl n (singular definite fingerbøllet, plural indefinite fingerbøl)

1. thimble

Inflection

Declension of fingerbøl

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fingerbøl	fingerbøllet	fingerbøl	fingerbøllene
genitive	fingerbøls	fingerbøllets	fingerbøls	fingerbøllenes

Noun

fingerbøl c (singular definite fingerbøllen, plural indefinite fingerbøller)

1. (botany) foxglove, Digitalis, especially Digitalis purpurea.

Inflection

Declension of fingerbøl

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fingerbøl	fingerbøllen	fingerbøller	fingerbøllerne
genitive	fingerbøls	fingerbøllens	fingerbøllers	fingerbøllernes

Further reading

• fingerbøl on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Fingerbøl-slægten on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Almindelig Fingerbøl on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From finger +‎ bøl (“related to bøle; literally "finger's house"”)

Noun

fingerbøl n (definite singular fingerbølet, indefinite plural fingerbøl, definite plural fingerbøla or fingerbølene)

1. a thimble

Alternative forms

• fingerbør

See also

• fingerbjørg (Nynorsk)

References

• “fingerbøl” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “fingerbøl” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).