kille

Cahuilla

Particle

kille

  1. not

Dutch

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɪ.lə/
  • Hyphenation: kil‧le
  • Rhymes: -ɪlə

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Yiddish קהילה (kehile, (Jewish) community), from Hebrew קְהִלָּה (k'hillá, congregation).

Noun

kille f (plural killes, diminutive killetje n)

  1. (Judaism) organized Jewish community.
Synonyms

Noun

kille f (plural killen, diminutive killetje n)

  1. Alternative form of kil

German

Verb

kille

  1. First-person singular present of killen.
  2. First-person singular subjunctive I of killen.
  3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of killen.
  4. Imperative singular of killen.

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *killa, from Proto-Germanic *kiljǭ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɪlːə/

Noun

kille f

  1. riverbed, channel

Inflection

Weak feminine
Singular Plural
Nominative kille killen
Accusative kille killen
Genitive killen killen
Dative kille, killen killen

Descendants

Further reading

  • kille”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Swedish

Etymology 1

Attested since 1924 according to Svenska Akademiens ordbok. From the dialectal kille ("kid (young of a goat); small boy") from killing (kid). Related to kid (killing and kille are old diminutive forms of that word).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɪˌlɛ/
  • (file)

Noun

kille c

  1. (colloquial) Boy, lad.
    En liten kille kom in i affären för att köpa godis.
    A small boy came into the store to buy candy.
  2. (colloquial) A (younger) adult male person; guy, bloke.
    Det gick precis förbi några unga killar i 30-årsåldern.
    Some young guys in their 30s just went by.
  3. (colloquial) Boyfriend.
    Min kille och jag ska snart gifta oss.
    My boyfriend and I are getting married soon.
Declension
Declension of kille 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative kille killen killar killarna
Genitive killes killens killars killarnas
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Attested since 1834 according to Nationalencyklopedins ordbok. From Harlequin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɪˌlɛ/, /ˈɕɪˌlɛ/

Noun

kille c

  1. Alternative term for the card game cambio, or gnav.
    Harlequin är det högsta kortet i kille.
    The Harlequin is the highest ranking card in gnav.
Declension
Declension of kille 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative kille killen
Genitive killes killens
Derived terms
  • killekort
  • killelek
  • killespel

References

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