Troll
English
editEtymology
editA term coined by Yoopers to refer to residents of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan, because trolls live "under the bridge" (referring to the Mackinac Bridge).
Pronunciation
editAudio (General Australian): (file)
Proper noun
editTroll
- (slang) a native or resident of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan
Hypernyms
editGerman
editEtymology
edit18th century, from Danish trold, Swedish troll, both from Old Norse trǫll, from Proto-Germanic *truzlą. Influenced by a native word for “coarse, boorish person”, attested in Upper German dialects from the 15th century, which is probably cognate to the former. The internet sense after English troll, from the Old Norse.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editTroll m (strong, genitive Trolles or Trolls, plural Trolle, feminine Trollin)
- (mythology, literature) troll
- (colloquial) an ugly or boorish person
- (Internet) troll
Declension
editDeclension of Troll [masculine, strong]
Derived terms
edit- Mumintroll
- trollen (one sense)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “Troll” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Troll (Nörgler)” in Duden online
- “Troll (Dämon)” in Duden online
- “Troll”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
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