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Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse bylgja, from Proto-Germanic *bulgijō, cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk bølgje, Swedish bölja, English billow. The word goes back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (also in Danish bælg).
Pronunciation
Noun
bølge c (singular definite bølgen, plural indefinite bølger)
- wave (undulation in water or energy)
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Verb
bølge (past tense bølgede, past participle bølget)
- (intransitive) to wave (to move with waves)
- (transitive) to wave (to make waves in hair)
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Danish bølge. Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk bølge and Norwegian Nynorsk bylgje.
Noun
bølge f or m (definite singular bølga or bølgen, indefinite plural bølger, definite plural bølgene)
- a wave (undulation)
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Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Noun
bølge f (definite singular bølga, indefinite plural bølger, definite plural bølgene)
- Alternative form of bølgje (“wave”)
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