bølge

See also: bolge and bölge

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse bylgja, from Proto-Germanic *bulgijō, cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk bølgje, Swedish bölja, English billow. The word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (also in Danish bælg).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈb̥øljə]

Noun

bølge c (singular definite bølgen, plural indefinite bølger)

  1. wave (undulation in water or energy)

Declension

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Verb

bølge (past tense bølgede, past participle bølget)

  1. (intransitive) to wave (to move with waves)
  2. (transitive) to wave (to make waves in hair)

Conjugation

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References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish bølge. Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk bølge and Norwegian Nynorsk bylgje.

Noun

bølge f or m (definite singular bølga or bølgen, indefinite plural bølger, definite plural bølgene)

  1. a wave (undulation)

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²bœlɡə/

Noun

bølge f (definite singular bølga, indefinite plural bølger, definite plural bølgene)

  1. Alternative form of bølgje (wave)

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