brøler
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology 1 edit
Possibly 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 edit
brøler m (definite singular brøleren, indefinite plural brølere, definite plural brølerne)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
brøler
References edit
- “brøler” in The Bokmål Dictionary.