hol

See also: Hol, HoL, hòl, hól, høl, hôľ, höl, hỏl, hol-, hol., and hol'

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch hol, from Middle Dutch hol, from Old Dutch *hol, from Proto-Germanic *hulą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɔl/

Noun

hol (plural holle, diminutive holletjie)

1. A hole, a hollow, a cavity.

Adjective

hol (attributive hol, comparative holler, superlative holste)

1. hollow

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German hol, from Proto-Germanic *hulaz. Cognate with German hohl, Dutch hol, Saterland Frisian hol, English hollow, Icelandic holur.

Adjective

hol

1. (Uri) hollow

References

• Abegg, Emil (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 35.

Bouyei

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xo˨˦/

Noun

hol

1. garlic

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɦol]

Verb

hol

1. second-person singular imperative of holit

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɔl/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: hol
• Rhymes: -ɔl

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch hol, from Old Dutch *hol, from Proto-West Germanic *hol, from Proto-Germanic *hulą.

Noun

hol n (plural holen, diminutive holletje n)

1. a hole, hollow, cavity

   Synonyms: gat, opening, holte, uitsparing

2. (nautical) a cargo hold
3. (vulgar) an anus, arsehole; both anatomical senses of butt

   Synonyms: aars, gat, reet

   Je hol zul je zelf moeten schoonmaken.

   You'll have to clean up your arse yourself.

4. (by extension) any other bodily cavity that resembles a hole
5. an artificial opening such as a slit
6. burrow (a hole or tunnel dug by a small animal, like a rabbit, used as a dwelling)

   Synonyms: leger, burcht, pijp

7. (figuratively) an unsanitary and/or unpleasant place; shithole

   Synonym: gat

Derived terms

general

• donderhol
• enkelholig
• holbewoner
• holdrukker
• holenbeer
• holenbroeder
• holenduif
• holenkunde
• holenkunst
• holenmens
• holenspin
• holenzwaluw
• hoolophouder
• ooghol
• voorhoofdshol

 

by use, situation or dweller

• berghol
• drakenhol
• haardhol
• kelderhol
• kerkerhol
• konijnenhol
• kruiphol
• manhol
• piratenhol
• rookhol
• rovershol
• satyrshol
• scheepshol
• speelhol
• vossenhol
• waterhol

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: hol
• Negerhollands: hol
• → Caribbean Hindustani: hol
• → Lokono: hôle
• → Papiamentu: hòl

Adjective

hol (comparative holler, superlative holst)

1. hollow, having an empty space inside

   Antonyms: vol, gevuld, solide

Declension

Declension of hol
uninflected	hol
inflected	holle
comparative	holler
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		hol	holler	het holst het holste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	holle	hollere	holste
	n. sing.	hol	holler	holste
	plural	holle	hollere	holste
definite		holle	hollere	holste
partitive		hols	hollers	—

Derived terms

• holte
• uithollen

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: hol
• Berbice Creole Dutch: holo
• Negerhollands: hool
• → Papiamentu: hòl, hol

Etymology 2

Deverbal from hollen.

Noun

hol m (plural hollen, diminutive holletje n)

1. a run, the action running

Derived terms

• op hol

 

Etymology 3

Unknown, perhaps cognate with English hill. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

hol f (plural hollen, diminutive holletje n)

1. a small height in the landscape, such as
   1. a hill (like the Utrecht city wall ruins)
   2. a sloping road (as in Rotterdam)

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

hol

1. inflection of hollen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse hol, from Proto-Germanic *hulą, noun-derivation from *hulaz (“hollow”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewH- (“hollow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hoːl/
• Rhymes: -oːl

Noun

hol n (genitive singular hols, plural hol)

1. hole
2. cave
3. (dentistry) cavity

Declension

Declension of hol
n3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hol	holið	hol	holini
accusative	hol	holið	hol	holini
dative	holi	holinum	holum	holunum
genitive	hols	holsins	hola	holanna

German

Verb

hol

1. singular imperative of holen

Hungarian

ed  Table of Correlatives (cf. H. demonstrative adverbs)
question		this	that	same	every-/all	no-	relative	some	any	else
		e/i-	a/o-	ugyan	mind(en)-	se(m/n)-	a- + qu.	vala	akár bár	más
who	ki	ő		u	mindenki	senki	aki	v	a b	m
what	mi	ez	az	u u	minden	semmi	ami / amely	v	a b	m
which	melyik				mindegyik mind	semelyik egyik sem	amelyik	v	a b	m
how	hogy(an) miként	így	úgy	u u	mindenhogy mindenhogyan	sehogy(an) semmiképpen	(a)mint ahogy(an)	v v	a b a b	m/m m/m
what…like what kind	milyen miféle	ilyen efféle	olyan afféle	u u	mindenféle	semmilyen semmiféle	amilyen	v v	a b a b	m m/m
where	hol	itt	ott	u u	mindenhol mindenütt	sehol	ahol	v	a b	m m
from wh.	honnan	innen	onnan	u u	mindenhonnan	sehonnan	ahonnan	v	a b	m
to where	hova hová	ide	oda	u u	mindenhova mindenhová	sehova sehová	ahova ahová	v v	a b a b	m m
from which way	merről	erről	arról	u u	mindenfelől	semerről	amerről	v	a b	m
which way	merre merrefelé	erre errefelé	arra arrafelé	u u	mindenfelé	semerre	amerre	v	a b	m
why	miért	ezért	azért	u u	mindenért	semmiért	amiért	v	a b	m
how many	hány	ennyi	annyi	u u	mind az összes	sehány	ahány	v	a b	–
how much	mennyi					semennyi	amennyi	v	a b
wh. extent	mennyire	ennyire	annyira	u u	(teljesen)	semennyire	amennyire	v	a b	–
what size	mekkora	ekkora	akkora	u u	(az egész)	semekkora	amekkora	v	a b	–
what time	mikor	ekkor	akkor	u u	mindig	soha/sose(m) sohase(m)	amikor	v	a b	m
how long how far	meddig	eddig	addig	u u	(végig)*	semeddig	ameddig	v	a b	–
*: Mindeddig/-addig mean “up until this/that point” (= egészen eddig/addig). Csak following relative pronouns expresses “-ever”, e.g. aki csak (“whoever”); is after “any” pronouns emphasizes “no matter”: akármit is (“no matter what”). né- (“some”) forms compounds with few words.

Alternative forms

• hun (dialectal)

Etymology

From Proto-Uralic *ku.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhol]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: hol
• Rhymes: -ol

Adverb

hol

1. (interrogative) where?

   Synonym: merre? (see also its Usage notes)

   • 1825, Mihály Vörösmarty, Zalán futása,^[1] canto 1, lines 5–6, translation by Watson Kirkconnell and Adam Makkai:

     Hol vagyon, aki merész ajakát hadi dalnak eresztvén, / A riadó vak mélységet fölverje szavával, […]

     Where is the one who, with lips all bold, could thunder a war-song / rousing the gloom of the deep and unsighty abysses, […]

Derived terms

Compound words

• ahol
• akárhol
• bárhol
• hollét
• holott
• máshol
• mindenhol
• néhol
• sehol
• valahol

 

Conjunction

hol

1. now… now, sometimes… sometimes, either… or

   Hol itt, hol ott bukkant ki egy delfin a vízből. ― Sometimes here, sometimes there, a dolphin would pop out of the water.

   Mindig van valami: hol áramszünet, hol csőtörés. ― There’s always something: either it’s a blackout or a burst pipe.

   Hol volt, hol nem volt, volt egyszer egy király. ― Once upon a time there was a king. (literally, “now there was, now there wasn’t…”)

Further reading

• hol in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English hol, from Proto-West Germanic *hol, from Proto-Germanic *hulaz (“hollow”).

Adjective

hol

1. hollow, empty
2. concave, sunken
3. holey (full of holes)

Alternative forms

• hole, holle, halle

Descendants

• English: hole
• Scots: holl, how, howe
• Yola: hel

References

• “hō̆l(e, adj.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Adjective

hol

1. Alternative form of hole (“whole”)

Noun

hol

1. Alternative form of hole (“whole”)

Adverb

hol

1. Alternative form of hole (“wholly”)

Etymology 3

Noun

hol (plural hols)

1. Alternative form of hole (“hole”)

Etymology 4

Noun

hol (plural hols)

1. Alternative form of hole (“hull”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hóll.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /huːl/

Noun

hol m (definite singular holen, indefinite plural holer, definite plural holene)

1. a low hillock, a mound in a bog or on a flat

Etymology 2

From Old Norse holr.

Adjective

hol (masculine and feminine hol, neuter holt, definite singular and plural hole, comparative holere, indefinite superlative holest, definite superlative holeste)

1. alternative form of hul

Etymology 3

From Old Norse hol.

Alternative forms

• hull

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hoːl/

Noun

hol n (definite singular holet, indefinite plural hol, definite plural hola or holene)

1. form removed by a 2021 spelling decision; superseded by høl

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse holr, from Proto-Germanic *hulaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hɞ̞ːl], [hɞ̞ːɽ]

Adjective

hol (neuter holt, definite singular and plural hole, comparative holare, indefinite superlative holast, definite superlative holaste)

1. hollow

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hol. Akin to English hole and German Höhle.

Pronunciation

• (Widespread forms) IPA^(key): [ho̞ːl], [ho̞ːɽ], [hɞ̞ːl], [hɞ̞ːɽ], [hɔlˑ], [hɶːl], [hɶːɽ], [høːl], [høːɽ] The latter ones often spelled as høl in dialectal or humorous settings.
  • (Gudbrandsdalen) IPA^(key): [hu̞ɽ]
  • (Setesdalen) IPA^(key): [hʊɔl]
  • (Trøndelag and Solør) IPA^(key): [hɐːɽ], [hæːɽ]
  • (Idd) IPA^(key): [hɵːɽ]

Noun

hol n (definite singular holet, indefinite plural hol, definite plural hola)

1. alternative spelling of hòl

Etymology 3

From Old Norse hóll.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /huːl/

Noun

hol m (definite singular holen, indefinite plural holar, definite plural holane)

1. alternative spelling of hól

References

• “hol” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Etymology 1

From Proto-West Germanic *hol (“hollow space, cavity”).

Alternative forms

• hola

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xol/, [hol]

Noun

hol n

1. hole
   • late 10th century, Ælfric, Lives of Saints, quoting Matthew 8:20

     Foxas habbaþ holu and fugelas habbaþ nest, and iċ næbbe wununge hwider iċ mīn heafod ahyldan mæġe.

     Foxes have holes and birds have nests, but I have no dwelling where I can rest my head.

Usage notes

Hol refers only to a hole in the ground. For any other kind of hole, þȳrel is used.

Declension

Declension of hol (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hol	holu
accusative	hol	holu
genitive	holes	hola
dative	hole	holum

Derived terms

• holian

Descendants

• Middle English: hole, hol, ol, ole, holle, hoil, houl, hul
  • English: hole (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: hole
  • Yola: hullès (plural)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *hōlą (“vain speech, slander, calumny”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₁l-, *keh₁l- (“to beguile, deceive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xoːl/, [hoːl]

Noun

hōl n

1. calumny; slander

Declension

Declension of hōl (strong a-stem)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	hōl	hōl
accusative	hōl	hōl
genitive	hōles	hōla
dative	hōle	hōlum

Related terms

• hēlan
• hōlian

References

• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “hol”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• Old English to Modern English Translator

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *hol, whence also Old English hol, Old Norse holr.

Adjective

hol

1. hollow

Noun

hol n

1. hollow

Descendants

• Middle High German: hol
  • Alemannic German: hol
  • German: hohl
  • Luxembourgish: huel

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *hulą.

Noun

hol n

1. a hole

Declension

  Declension of hol (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hol	holit	hol	holin
accusative	hol	holit	hol	holin
dative	holi	holinu	holum	holunum
genitive	hols	holsins	hola	holanna

Related terms

• holr (“hollow”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: hola
• Faroese: hol
• Norwegian Bokmål: høl
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hol
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: hol
• Old Swedish: hol, hul
  • Swedish: hål, (dialectal) hôl
• Old Danish: hol
  • Danish: hul
    • Norwegian Bokmål: hull
• →? Norman: houle (unless from Frankish *hol)
  • → French: houle

Etymology 2

Adjective

hol

1. strong feminine nominative singular of holr
2. strong neuter nominative/accusative plural of holr

References

• “hol”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɔl/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔl
• Syllabification: hol

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English hall, from Proto-Germanic *hallō. Doublet of hala (“concourse, hall”).

Noun

hol m inan (diminutive holik)

1. hall, hallway
2. lobby

   Synonyms: kuluar, lobby

3. vestibule, anteroom

   Synonyms: przedsionek, przysienie, sień

Declension

Declension of hol

	singular	plural
nominative	hol	hole
genitive	holu	holi/holów
dative	holowi	holom
accusative	hol	hole
instrumental	holem	holami
locative	holu	holach
vocative	holu	hole

Related terms

• sala

 

Etymology 2

Back-formation from holować, from German holen.

Noun

hol m inan

1. haul, tow

Declension

Declension of hol

	singular	plural
nominative	hol	hole
genitive	holu	holi
dative	holowi	holom
accusative	hol	hole
instrumental	holem	holami
locative	holu	holach
vocative	holu	hole

Related terms

• holować
• holownik

 

Further reading

• hol in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• hol in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French hall.

Noun

hol n (plural holuri)

1. hall
2. lobby

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	hol	holul		holuri	holurile
genitive-dative	hol	holului		holuri	holurilor
vocative	holule			holurilor

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian hol, from Proto-West Germanic *hol. Cognates include German hohl and West Frisian hol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɔl/
• Hyphenation: hol
• Rhymes: -ɔl

Adjective

hol (masculine hollen, feminine, plural or definite holle, comparative holler, superlative holst)

1. hollow

Derived terms

• Hollound

 

References

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “hol”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

Turkish

Etymology

From English hall.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hol]

Noun

hol (definite accusative holü, plural holler)

1. hall

Synonyms

• sofa

Uzbek

Other scripts
Yangi Imlo
Cyrillic	ҳол‍
Latin	hol‍
Perso-Arabic (Afghanistan)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَال (ḥāl).

Noun

hol (plural hollar)

1. (grammar) adverb

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English howlen, from Old English *hūlian, from Proto-West Germanic *hūilōn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɔɫ/

Verb

hol

1. to bawl

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 46