påle

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pale"

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From dialectal Norwegian, in part through Nynorsk påle, from Old Norse páll, from Latin palus. First standardized in 1917, to some extent displacing the doublet pæl.

Noun

påle m (definite singular pålen, indefinite plural påler, definite plural pålene)

1. stake, post, pole, pile

   Synonym: pæl (pel)

Derived terms

• gjerdepåle
• totempåle

References

• “påle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “påle_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse páll, from Latin palus.

Noun

påle m (definite singular pålen, indefinite plural pålar, definite plural pålane)

1. pile
2. stake, pole, post

Derived terms

• gjerdepåle
• totempåle

References

• “påle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish pāle, pāl, from Latin pālus (“stake”). Cognate of German Pfahl.

Noun

påle c

1. a stake, a pole, a pile (driven into the earth or the bottom of a body of water)

   Han slog pålen i vampyrens hjärta

   He drove ["hit" – implies hitting it with a hammer] the stake into the heart of the vampire

Declension

Declension of påle

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	påle	påles
	definite	pålen	pålens
plural	indefinite	pålar	pålars
	definite	pålarna	pålarnas

Derived terms

• betongpåle
• bopåle
• påla
• pålbro
• pålbyggnad
• pålhuvud
• pålkran
• pålmast
• pålning
• pålok
• pålrot
• pålverk
• rågångspåle
• skampåle
• spöpåle
• totempåle
• träpåle
• åderpåle

References

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