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)

Inflection
Declension of bølge
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bølge bølgen bølger bølgerne
genitive bølges bølgens bølgers bølgernes

Derived terms

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)

Inflection
Inflection of bølge
present past
simple bølger bølgede
perfect har bølget havde bølget
passive bølges bølgedes
participle bølgende bølget
imperative bølg —
infinitive bølge —
auxiliary verb have —
gerund bølgen —

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Danish bølge.

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 bylgje (“wave”)

Derived terms

References

“bølge” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.