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Hol
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Hol
hol
hol
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔl
Etymology 1
Noun
hol n (plural holen or hollen, diminutive holletje n)
- A hole, hollow, cavity
- (nautical) A cargo hold
- (vulgar) An anus, arsehole; both anatomical senses of butt
- Dat zal je hol deerlijk bezuren, rekel!
- Your arse will pay dearly for that, scamp!
- Dat zal je hol deerlijk bezuren, rekel!
- Any other bodily cavity
- A dug-out animal dwelling, such as a rabbit's or badger's burrow
- (figuratively) An unsanitary and/or unpleasant place
- An artificial opening such as a slit
Synonyms
- (hole): gat, opening
- (arse): aars, gat, reet
- (dug-out animal dwelling): leger, burcht, pijp
- (cavity): holte, uitsparing
Derived terms
- holbewoner
- holdrukker
- holebeer, holenbeer
- holebroeder
- holenmens
- holenkunde
- holenkunst
- hoolophouder
- enkelholig
- (dwellings by inhabitant) drakenhol, satyrshol
- (holes by use/situation) berghol, haardhol, kelderhol, kerkerhol, kruiphol, manhol, piratenhol, rookhol, rovershol, scheepshol, speelhol, waterhol
- (bodily cavities by place) ooghol, voorhoofdshol
- donderhol
- vulcanishol
Adjective
hol (comparative holler, superlative holst)
Inflection
Inflection of hol | ||||
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uninflected | hol | |||
inflected | holle | |||
comparative | holler | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | hol | holler | het holst het holste |
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indefinite | m./f. sing. | holle | hollere | holste |
n. sing. | hol | holler | holste | |
plural | holle | hollere | holste | |
definite | holle | hollere | holste | |
partitive | hols | hollers | — |
Antonyms
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
hol m (plural hollen, diminutive holletje n)
Derived terms
Verb
hol
Etymology 3
unknown, perhaps cognate with hill
Noun
hol f (plural hollen, diminutive holletje n)
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse hol, from Proto-Germanic *hulą, noun-derivation from *hulaz (“hollow”), from Proto-Indo-European *kuH-, *kewH- (“hollow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hoːl/
- Rhymes: -oːl
Noun
hol n (genitive singular hols, plural hol)
Declension
n3 | Singular | Plural | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | hol | holið | hol | holini |
Accusative | hol | holið | hol | holini |
Dative | holi | holinum | holum | holunum |
Genitive | hols | holsins | hola | holanna |
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhol]
- Hyphenation: hol
Conjunction
hol
Pronoun
hol
- (interrogative) where?
- 1825, Mihály Vörösmarty, Zalán futása, canto 1, lines 5–6:
- Hol vagyon, aki merész ajakát hadi dalnak eresztvén, / A riadó vak mélységet fölverje szavával, […]
- 1825, Mihály Vörösmarty, Zalán futása, canto 1, lines 5–6:
Derived terms
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hulaz. Cognates include Old English hol and Old Norse holr.
Adjective
hol
Noun
hol ?
- A hollow
Saterland Frisian
Etymology
From Old Frisian hol, from Proto-Germanic *hulaz. More at hollow.
Adjective
hol