kulen

See also: kůlen

Danish

Noun

kulen c

1. definite singular of kule

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• kula f

Noun

kulen m or f

1. definite masculine singular of kule

kulen m

1. definite singular of kul

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

kulen m

1. definite singular of kul

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• kùlin

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *kulь (Russian куль (kulʹ, “sack”), Polish kul (“bundle”)) +‎ -en.

Perhaps further related through borrowing of inheritance with Latin cōleus (“sack”), Ancient Greek κολεός (koleós, “sheath”) or Ancient Greek κόλον (kólon, “colon”)

kulen from Slavonia

Noun

kùlen m (Cyrillic spelling ку̀лен)

1. (obsolete) stomach, guts, intestines
2. a kind of dry pork sausage flavored with paprika

Synonyms

• (stomach): trbuh, stomak
• (guts): iznutrice, creva, crijeva

Hypernyms

• kobasica (“sausage”)

Swedish

Adjective

kulen (not comparable)

1. chilly and overcast; bleak, chilly
   • (Can we date this quote?), traditional (lyrics and music), “En kulen natt [One chilly night]”:

     En kulen natt, natt, natt, min båt jag styrde, på havets vågade, vågade, våg, så skummet yrde. Och vart [än] jag sågade, sågade, såg, på havets vågade, vågade, våg, långt ner i djupettipettipettipett [djupet], en fisk jag såg, och det var du!

     One chilly night, night, night, my boat I steered, on the sea's wave-a-di [also literally "wave-ed" or "daring" (plural or definite)], wave-a-di, wave, so that the foam sprayed [whirled, spun through the air]. And wherever I look-a-di [also literally "sawed," as with a saw], look-a-di, looked, on the sea's wave-a-di, wave-a-di, wave [Cryptic – intuitively either "And where I looked ..." or "And wherever I looked ..." (where the latter usually has än, but works intuitively without it), with the sentence ending here, but that makes little sense. "And there I saw ..." would make more sense as well.], far down in the depths-deppy-deppy-deppy-dep, a fish I saw, and it was you!

Declension

Inflection of kulen

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	kulen	kulnare	kulnast
neuter singular	kulet	kulnare	kulnast
plural	kulna	kulnare	kulnast
masculine plural2	kulne	kulnare	kulnast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	kulne	kulnare	kulnaste
all	kulna	kulnare	kulnaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

See also

• mulen

References

• kulen in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• kulen in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• kulen in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)