brøler
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology 1
editPossibly from a Middle Low German noun, from a verb meaning "howl, bellow" (compare German Low German bröllen). This would make it cognate to German Brüller (“joke, something funny”, literally “roarer”); English howler (“hilarious joke”, “painfully obvious mistake”) is formed the same way.
Noun
editbrøler m (definite singular brøleren, indefinite plural brølere, definite plural brølerne)
Etymology 2
editVerb
editbrøler
References
edit- “brøler” in The Bokmål Dictionary.