bölja

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse bylgja, from Proto-Germanic *bulgijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-.

Noun

bölja c

  1. a wave, a billow (large, undulating wave, like on the sea)
    Synonym: (more common) våg
  2. the sea (in some expressions)
    Vi seglade på böljan den blå
    We sailed the sea ("we sailed on the billow the blue (one) / the blue billow," with idiomatic phrasing)

Declension

Declension of bölja 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative bölja böljan böljor böljorna
Genitive böljas böljans böljors böljornas

Derived terms

Verb

bölja (present böljar, preterite böljade, supine böljat, imperative bölja)

  1. to billow (make large, undulating movements)
    böljande vetefält
    billowing wheat fields

Conjugation

Conjugation of bölja (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive bölja böljas
Supine böljat böljats
Imperative bölja —
Imper. plural1 böljen —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative böljar böljade böljas böljades
Ind. plural1 bölja böljade böljas böljades
Subjunctive2 bölje böljade böljes böljades
Participles
Present participle böljande
Past participle —
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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