voll

German

Etymology

From Middle High German vol, from Old High German foll, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós. Compare Low German vull, Dutch vol, English full, Danish fuld, Swedish full.

The stem is spelt with v- before -o-, -ö- (as in voll, Völle, Völlerei), but with f- before -ü- (as in füllen, Fülle). Modern German does not allow v for /f/ before -u-, -ü- and the spelling of the other forms has never been adapted.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔl/

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Adjective

voll (strong nominative masculine singular voller, comparative voller, superlative am vollsten)

1. full; filled

   Synonym: gefüllt

   • F. Hirsch, Siegfried's Tod. In: Mittheilungen des Nordböhmischen Excursions-Clubs. Redigirt von Prof. A. Paudler. Sechster Jahrgang, Böhm.-Leipa, 1883, p. 292:

     [...] Mich faßt Erstaunen an, / Daß zwar so reiche, auserles'ne Speisen, / Doch für den durstgequälten Jägersmann / Nicht auch des Weines volle Beche kreisen!

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   • 1824, Ewald, Die Schlacht am Kapellenberge bei Lauban. Erzählung aus den Zeiten der Hussitenkriege, Leipzig, p. 201:

     Sein ist die Braut im Hoheitsaale, / Sein des Weines volle Pokale, / Golden und silbernes Gut!

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   • 1844, Blüthen aus Salem. Ein katholisches Gebeth- und Erbauungsbuch in Prosa und Poesie herausgegeben aus Eigenem und Fremden durch Ludwig Diernacher, Passau und Prag, page 302:

     Ja! so Herr! mag des Kummers volle Schale über mich ausgegossen werden [...]

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2. (colloquial) full (not hungry anymore)

   Synonym: satt

3. (colloquial) drunk

   Synonyms: betrunken, breit

Usage notes

• Voll was originally construed with the genitive case. When the noun has no other adjective, this use is now literary and dated: voll Geldes, des Geldes voll (“full of money”), voll Kummers, des Kummers voll (“full of sorrow”). Instead, an apposition is predominantly used: voll Geld, voll Kummer. In this construction, the adjective may alternatively take the form voller, which in turn is sometimes interpreted as a preposition: voller Geld, voller Kummer. Furthermore, the preposition mit can be used chiefly in the literal sense of a filled container, and von can be used chiefly in figurative senses: voll mit Geld, voll von Kummer.
• If the noun has an additional adjective, then in addition to the alternative constructions, the genitive is still used: ein Eimer voll heißen Wassers (“a bucket full of hot water”). If an apposition is used, the cases of both nouns usually match: ein Eimer voll heißes Wasser; mit einem Eimer voll heißem Wasser.

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

• Fülle
• füllen

Adverb

voll

1. fully
2. (colloquial, chiefly among the younger) very; quite; really

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sehr

   Das war voll gut. ― That was really good.

Further reading

• “voll” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “voll” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German foll, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz, whence also Old English full, Old Norse fullr.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fol/
  • Rhymes: -ol

Adjective

voll (masculine vollen, neuter vollt, comparative méi voll, superlative am vollsten)

1. full

Declension

Antonyms

• eidel

Related terms

• fëllen

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• vold (Riksmål)

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vǫllr.

Noun

voll m (definite singular vollen, indefinite plural voller, definite plural vollene)

1. meadow

   Synonym: eng

Derived terms

• setervoll

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German wal, from Latin vallum.

Noun

voll m (definite singular vollen, indefinite plural voller, definite plural vollene)

1. rampart, wall

References

• “voll” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /volː/, /vodl/, /vodː/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vǫllr. Akin to English wold.

Noun

voll m (definite singular vollen, indefinite plural vollar, definite plural vollane)

1. (agricultural) a meadow, grassy area, grassy plain
   • 1853, Ivar Aasen, "Barne-Minne", translated from Lord Byron, "Childish recollections"

     Som Morgonsoli […] blinkar dimt ut paa dan vaate Voll […]

     The orb of day dimly twinkles o'er the watery plain

   Synonym: eng

Derived terms

• leikarvoll
• setervoll

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German wal, from Latin vallum.

Noun

voll m (definite singular vollen, indefinite plural vollar, definite plural vollane)

1. rampart

References

• “voll” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German voll, Dutch vol, English full, Swedish full.

Adjective

voll

1. full