en boll
Meaning
ball
In Swedish: ett klotformat föremål att spela och leka med
Forms
| Singular, indefinite | en boll |
|---|---|
| Singular, definite | bollen |
| Plural, indefinite | bollar |
| Plural, definite | bollarna |
boll is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor boll, den stora bollen. Check another noun
Practise boll
1 / 2Is it en boll or ett boll?
Words built with boll
- tennisboll tennis ball
- bollkalle ball boy
- bollspel ball game
Questions
What does boll mean in English?
boll means “ball”.
Is it en boll or ett boll?
It is en boll, and “the ball” is bollen.
What is the plural of boll?
The plural of boll is bollar, and the definite plural is bollarna.
Origin
From Old Swedish balder, baller, from Old Norse bǫllr (“ball, globe”), from Proto-Germanic *balluz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoln- (“round thing, bubble”), from *bʰel- (“to blow, inflate, swell”).
Nearby common words
boll is number 1,731 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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