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Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bul/
- Hyphenation: boel
- Rhymes: -ul
Etymology 1
Contraction of boedel.
Noun
boel m (plural boelen, diminutive boeltje n)
- a lot, bunch
Dat zijn een boel mensen!- That is a lot of people!
- mess, disorderly heap
- quarrel
- (Brabantian)
't Was wee boel in da rucht cafe!- It was trouble again in that infamous bar!
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(bunch):
(quarrel):
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Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch boele (“male relative”), further etymology unknown. May belong to Old Dutch and Frankish *buolo, from Proto-Germanic *bō- (“father, brother, close male relation”).
Noun
boel m (plural boelen, diminutive boeltje n)
- (dated) lover
- (dated) adulterer, someone who commits adultery
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