pølse

Danish

Etymology

From Old Danish pølse. Unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpʰølsə]

Noun

pølse c (singular definite pølsen, plural indefinite pølser)

1. sausage, banger
2. (childish) poop (excrement)

   Jeg lavede en pølse på wc.

Inflection

Declension of pølse

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pølse	pølsen	pølser	pølserne
genitive	pølses	pølsens	pølsers	pølsernes

Descendants

• → Greenlandic: pølse

Derived terms

• rød pølse

Related terms

• hotdog

Further reading

• “pølse” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “pølse” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

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Greenlandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Danish pølse.

Noun

pølse (plural pølsit)

1. sausage
   • 2002, Stephen Hammeken, Harry Potter Ujarallu Inuunartoq, Nuuk: Atuakkiorfik, translation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling, →ISBN, page 153:

     Puugutarsuit nerrivimmi saavaniittut nerisassanik qammipput. Nerisassat taama mamarunartigisut taamalu amerlatigisut takusimanngisaannarpai. Nersussuit neqaat siatat, kukkukuuaqqat siatat, savaaqqat neqaat saaniminertallit siatat, puulukip quttoraa, pølsit assigiinngitsorpassuit, baconit puulukillu siatat, naatsiiat uusut siatallu, puulukit aserortikkat siatat, eertat, guleruuat, miseqqat, ketchup minnerunngitsumillu mamakujuttut pebermyntepastillit. Harryp paasilluarsinnaanngilaa sooq taakku kingulliit nerrivimmut ilineqarsimanersut, aappaatigulli tupiginngilaa.

     The dishes in front of him were now piled with food. He had never seen so many things he liked to eat on one table: roast beef, roast chicken, pork chops and lamb chops, sausages, bacon and steak, boiled potatoes, roast potatoes, chips, Yorkshire pudding, peas, carrots, gravy, ketchup, and, for some strange reason, mint humbugs.

Synonyms

• immigaq

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

pølse f or m (definite singular pølsa or pølsen, indefinite plural pølser, definite plural pølsene)

1. hot dog, sausage
2. (slang) penis

Derived terms

• kleptopølser

References

• “pølse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

pølse f (definite singular pølsa, indefinite plural pølser, definite plural pølsene)

1. a sausage or hot dog

References

• “pølse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.