kille
See also: Kille
Cahuilla edit
Particle edit
kille
Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Yiddish קהילה (kehile, “(Jewish) community”), from Hebrew קְהִלָּה (k'hillá, “congregation”).
Noun edit
kille f (plural killes, diminutive killetje n)
Alternative forms edit
Synonyms edit
- kehilla (from Hebrew)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
kille f (plural killen, diminutive killetje n)
- Alternative form of kil
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Verb edit
kille
- inflection of killen:
Middle Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Old Dutch *killa, from Proto-Germanic *kiljǭ, ultimately related to *kīnaną (“to crack, split”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kille f
Inflection edit
Weak feminine | ||
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Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | kille | killen |
Accusative | kille | killen |
Genitive | killen | killen |
Dative | kille, killen | killen |
Descendants edit
- Dutch: kil
References edit
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “kille2”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
Further reading edit
- Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “kille”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Swedish edit
Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
Noun edit
kille c
- (informal) a boy
- (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.
- (informal) a boyfriend
- Synonym: pojkvän
- Min kille och jag ska snart gifta oss.
- My boyfriend and I are getting married soon.
Declension edit
Declension of kille | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | kille | killen | killar | killarna |
Genitive | killes | killens | killars | killarnas |
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
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 edit
Noun edit
kille c
- A card game equivalent to gnav.
- Harlekin är det högsta kortet i kille.
- The Harlequin is the highest ranking card in gnav.
Declension edit
Declension of kille | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | kille | killen | — | — |
Genitive | killes | killens | — | — |