voll

See also: Voll, -voll, and voll-

German

Etymology

From Middle High German vol, from Old High German foll, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós. Compare Low German vull, Dutch vol, English full, Danish fuld, Swedish full.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɔl/
  • (file)
  • (file)

Adjective

voll (comparative voller, superlative am vollsten)

  1. (can govern the genitive) full; filled
    Synonym: gefüllt
    • F. Hirsch, Siegfried's Tod. In: Mittheilungen des Nordböhmischen Excursions-Clubs. Redigirt von Prof. A. Paudler. Sechster Jahrgang, Böhm.-Leipa, 1883, p. 292:
      [...] Mich faßt Erstaunen an, | Daß zwar so reiche, auserles'ne Speisen, | Doch für den durstgequälten Jägersmann | Nicht auch des Weines volle Beche kreisen!
    • 1824, Ewald, Die Schlacht am Kapellenberge bei Lauban. Erzählung aus den Zeiten der Hussitenkriege, Leipzig, p. 201:
      Sein ist die Braut im Hoheitsaale, | Sein des Weines volle Pokale, | Golden und silbernes Gut!
    • 1844, Blüthen aus Salem. Ein katholisches Gebeth- und Erbauungsbuch in Prosa und Poesie herausgegeben aus Eigenem und Fremden durch Ludwig Diernacher, Passau und Prag, p. 302:
      Ja! so Herr! mag des Kummers volle Schale über mich ausgegossen werden [...]
  2. (colloquial) full (not hungry anymore)
    Synonym: satt
  3. (colloquial) drunk
    Synonyms: betrunken, breit

Declension

Derived terms

Adverb

voll

  1. fully
  2. (colloquial, chiefly among the younger) very; quite; really
    das war voll gut
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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German foll, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz, whence also Old English full, Old Norse fullr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fol/
    • Rhymes: -ol

Adjective

voll (masculine vollen, neuter vollt, comparative méi voll, superlative am vollsten)

  1. full

Declension

Antonyms


Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vǫllr.

Noun

voll m (definite singular vollen, indefinite plural voller, definite plural vollene)

  1. meadow

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German wal, from Latin vallum.

Noun

voll m (definite singular vollen, indefinite plural voller, definite plural vollene)

  1. rampart, wall

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋɔlː/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vǫllr. Akin to English wold.

Noun

voll m (definite singular vollen, indefinite plural vollar, definite plural vollane)

  1. (agricultural) a meadow, grassy area, grassy plain
    • 1853, Ivar Aasen, "Barne-Minne", translated from Lord Byron, "Childish recollections"
      Som Morgonsoli [] blinkar dimt ut paa dan vaate Voll []
      The orb of day [] dimly twinkles o'er the watery plain []

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German wal, from Latin vallum.

Noun

voll m (definite singular vollen, indefinite plural vollar, definite plural vollane)

  1. rampart

References


Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German voll, Dutch vol, English full, Swedish full.

Adjective

voll

  1. full
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