negerboll

Swedish

negerbollar

Etymology

neger (“negro (with similar sense development to English)”) +‎ boll (“ball”). Possibly a calque of Danish negerbolle.

Noun

negerboll c

1. (offensive, proscribed) oatmeal ball; a kind of confectionery with oatmeal, cocoa, and butter, rolled into inch-size balls

   Synonyms: chokladboll, havreboll, havregrynsboll

2. (offensive, proscribed, Scania) chocolate teacake

   Synonym: gräddbulle

3. (vulgar, degoratory, slang) basketball

Declension

Declension of negerboll

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	negerboll	negerbolls
	definite	negerbollen	negerbollens
plural	indefinite	negerbollar	negerbollars
	definite	negerbollarna	negerbollarnas

See also

• wienerbröd

References

• Fula Ordboken