flødebolle

Danish

Etymology

fløde (“cream”) +‎ bolle (“bun, ball”)

Noun

flødebolle c (singular definite flødebollen, plural indefinite flødeboller)

a piece of confectionery consisting, in its most basic form, of whipped egg whites with sugar on a wafer and covered in chocolate; a chocolate teacake
(derogatory) a vain and self-absorbed man
- 2015, Renée Toft Simonsen, Dømt til frihed, Politikens Forlag, →ISBN:
  “Ville du noget?” spurgte hun truende. Han skulle bare ikke komme for godt i gang, sådan en flødebolle.
  “Is there something you wanted?” she enquired threateningly. He should not [untranslated], such a vain and self-absorbed man.
- 2015, Mark Winegardner, Godfather vender tilbage, Politikens Forlag, →ISBN:
  Han var en selvoptaget flødebolle, men han var også en stor kunstner.
  He was a self-absorbed vain and self-absorbed man, but he was also a great artist.
- 2011, Katarina Wennstam, Smuds, Art People, →ISBN:
  Åh, den flødebolle. Han er klam!
  Oh, that vain and self-absorbed man. He is disgusting!
- 2016, Lotte Kaa Andersen, 100 dage, Rosinante & Co, →ISBN:
  Han affriender den lille mexicanske flødebolle,...
  He defriends the little Mexican vain and self-absorbed man, ...
- 2011, Lars Kjædegaard, Smukke Jan, Rosinante & Co, →ISBN:
  Men navnet Smukke Jan gik også på, at han regnede sig selv for lidt af en helt? Østergaard nikkede. – Min mor ville måske have kaldt ham 'en flødebolle'.
  But the name Beautiful Jan also played on his considering himself something of a hero? Østergaard nodded. - My mother might have called him 'a vain and self-absorbed man'.
- 2013, Håkan Nesser, Menneske uden hund, Modtryk, →ISBN:
  Tænk om hans egen datter lige akkurat nu lå i sin seng og blev forført af en fransk flødebolle!
  To think if his daughter might in that very moment lie in her bed, being seduced by a French vain and self-absorbed man!
- 2008, 101 fantastiske filmfolk fortæller, Gyldendal A/S, →ISBN:
  Sådan er Hamlet og ikke bare en fyr, som sidder passivt og lidt feminint og glor ud i luften. Hamlet har sine meget ubehagelige sider, men han er ingen flødebolle.
  Thus is Hamlet and not just a guy who sits passively and somewhat femininely, staring out in the air. Hamlet has his very uncomfortable aspects, but he is no vain and self-absorbed man.
- 2013, Thomas Rosenkrands, Hold Da Helt Ferie!, BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 127:
  ”Sikken en oppustet flødebolle”, tænkte jeg, ...
  ”What an inflated vain and self-absorbed man”, I thought,...

Declension

Declension of flødebolle

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	flødebolle	flødebollen	flødeboller	flødebollerne
genitive	flødebolles	flødebollens	flødebollers	flødebollernes

Synonyms

(confectionery): negerbolle (dated, now offensive)