kille

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Cahuilla

Particle

kille

  1. not

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Yiddish קהילה (kehile, “(Jewish) community”), from Hebrew קְהִלָּה (k'hillá, “congregation”).

Noun

kille f (plural killes, diminutive killetje n)

  1. (Judaism) organized Jewish community
Alternative forms
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Noun

kille f (plural killen, diminutive killetje n)

  1. Alternative form of kil

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

kille

  1. inflection of killen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *killa, from Proto-Germanic *kiljǭ, ultimately related to *kīnaną (“to crack, split”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

kille f

  1. riverbed, channel

Inflection

Weak feminine
Singular Plural
Nominative kille killen
Accusative kille killen
Genitive killen killen
Dative kille, killen killen

Descendants

  • Dutch: kil

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “kille2”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Further reading

Swedish

Etymology 1

Attested since 1924.[1] From dialectal kille (“goat kid, small boy”), originally diminutive to kid (“fawn, originally also goat kid”). See also killing (“goat kid”) which also is a dimunitive of kid.

Pronunciation

Noun

kille c

  1. (informal) a boy
    Synonyms: gosse, grabb, pojke, (dialectal) påg, (dialectal, slang) kis
    En liten kille kom in i affären för att köpa godis.
    A small boy came into the store to buy candy.
    killar och tjejer
    boys and girls
    pojkar och flickor
    boys and girls (but not informal, though the natural translation is the same)
  2. (informal) a (younger) adult male person; a guy
    Synonym: (colloquial) snubbe
    Det gick precis förbi några unga killar i 30-årsåldern.
    Some young guys in their 30s just went by.
  3. (informal) a boyfriend
    Synonym: pojkvän
    Min kille och jag ska snart gifta oss.
    My boyfriend and I are getting married soon.
Declension
Declension of kille
nominative genitive
singular indefinite kille killes
definite killen killens
plural indefinite killar killars
definite killarna killarnas
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Attested since 1834.[2] From harlekin, from French Herlequin, Hellequin, from Old English Herla (from Proto-West Germanic *erl (“earl”)) cyning (from *kuning (“king”)).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²kɪlɛ/, /²ɕɪlɛ/

Noun

kille c

  1. A card game equivalent to gnav.
    Harlekin är det högsta kortet i kille.
    The Harlequin is the highest ranking card in gnav.
Declension
Declension of kille
nominative genitive
singular indefinite kille killes
definite killen killens
plural indefinite — —
definite — —
Derived terms

References

  1. ^ kille in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  2. ^ kille in Svensk ordbok (SO)
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