voll
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German vol, from Old High German foll, from Proto-West Germanic *full, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós.
Compare Low German vull, Dutch vol, English full, Danish fuld, Swedish full.
The stem is spelt with v- before -o-, -ö- (as in voll, Völle, Völlerei), but with f- before -ü- (as in füllen, Fülle). Modern German does not allow v for /f/ before -u-, -ü- and the spelling of the other forms has never been adapted.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]voll (strong nominative masculine singular voller, comparative voller, superlative am vollsten)
- full; filled
- Synonym: gefüllt
- F. Hirsch, Siegfried's Tod. In: Mittheilungen des Nordböhmischen Excursions-Clubs. Redigirt von Prof. A. Paudler. Sechster Jahrgang, Böhm.-Leipa, 1883, p. 292:
- [...] Mich faßt Erstaunen an, / Daß zwar so reiche, auserles'ne Speisen, / Doch für den durstgequälten Jägersmann / Nicht auch des Weines volle Beche kreisen!
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1824, Ewald, Die Schlacht am Kapellenberge bei Lauban. Erzählung aus den Zeiten der Hussitenkriege, Leipzig, p. 201:
- Sein ist die Braut im Hoheitsaale, / Sein des Weines volle Pokale, / Golden und silbernes Gut!
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1844, Blüthen aus Salem. Ein katholisches Gebeth- und Erbauungsbuch in Prosa und Poesie herausgegeben aus Eigenem und Fremden durch Ludwig Diernacher, Passau und Prag, page 302:
- Ja! so Herr! mag des Kummers volle Schale über mich ausgegossen werden [...]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (colloquial) full (not hungry anymore)
- Synonym: satt
- (colloquial) drunk
Usage notes
[edit]- Voll was originally construed with the genitive case. When the noun has no other adjective, this use is now literary and dated: voll Geldes, des Geldes voll (“full of money”), voll Kummers, des Kummers voll (“full of sorrow”). Instead, an apposition is predominantly used: voll Geld, voll Kummer. In this construction, the adjective may alternatively take the form voller, which in turn is sometimes interpreted as a preposition: voller Geld, voller Kummer. Furthermore, the preposition mit can be used chiefly in the literal sense of a filled container, and von can be used chiefly in figurative senses: voll mit Geld, voll von Kummer.
- If the noun has an additional adjective, then in addition to the alternative constructions, the genitive is still used: ein Eimer voll heißen Wassers (“a bucket full of hot water”). If an apposition is used, the cases of both nouns usually match: ein Eimer voll heißes Wasser; mit einem Eimer voll heißem Wasser.
Declension
[edit]number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist voll | sie ist voll | es ist voll | sie sind voll | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | voller | volle | volles | volle |
genitive | vollen | voller | vollen | voller | |
dative | vollem | voller | vollem | vollen | |
accusative | vollen | volle | volles | volle | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der volle | die volle | das volle | die vollen |
genitive | des vollen | der vollen | des vollen | der vollen | |
dative | dem vollen | der vollen | dem vollen | den vollen | |
accusative | den vollen | die volle | das volle | die vollen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein voller | eine volle | ein volles | (keine) vollen |
genitive | eines vollen | einer vollen | eines vollen | (keiner) vollen | |
dative | einem vollen | einer vollen | einem vollen | (keinen) vollen | |
accusative | einen vollen | eine volle | ein volles | (keine) vollen |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist voller | sie ist voller | es ist voller | sie sind voller | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | vollerer | vollere | volleres | vollere |
genitive | volleren | vollerer | volleren | vollerer | |
dative | vollerem | vollerer | vollerem | volleren | |
accusative | volleren | vollere | volleres | vollere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der vollere | die vollere | das vollere | die volleren |
genitive | des volleren | der volleren | des volleren | der volleren | |
dative | dem volleren | der volleren | dem volleren | den volleren | |
accusative | den volleren | die vollere | das vollere | die volleren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein vollerer | eine vollere | ein volleres | (keine) volleren |
genitive | eines volleren | einer volleren | eines volleren | (keiner) volleren | |
dative | einem volleren | einer volleren | einem volleren | (keinen) volleren | |
accusative | einen volleren | eine vollere | ein volleres | (keine) volleren |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist am vollsten | sie ist am vollsten | es ist am vollsten | sie sind am vollsten | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | vollster | vollste | vollstes | vollste |
genitive | vollsten | vollster | vollsten | vollster | |
dative | vollstem | vollster | vollstem | vollsten | |
accusative | vollsten | vollste | vollstes | vollste | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der vollste | die vollste | das vollste | die vollsten |
genitive | des vollsten | der vollsten | des vollsten | der vollsten | |
dative | dem vollsten | der vollsten | dem vollsten | den vollsten | |
accusative | den vollsten | die vollste | das vollste | die vollsten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein vollster | eine vollste | ein vollstes | (keine) vollsten |
genitive | eines vollsten | einer vollsten | eines vollsten | (keiner) vollsten | |
dative | einem vollsten | einer vollsten | einem vollsten | (keinen) vollsten | |
accusative | einen vollsten | eine vollste | ein vollstes | (keine) vollsten |
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Adverb
[edit]voll
- fully
- (colloquial, chiefly among the younger) very; quite; really
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sehr
- Das war voll gut. ― That was really good.
Further reading
[edit]Luxembourgish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German vol, from Old High German foll, see also Old English full, Old Norse fullr.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]voll (masculine vollen, neuter vollt, comparative méi voll, superlative am vollsten)
Declension
[edit]number and gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | hien ass voll | si ass voll | et ass voll | si si(nn) voll | |
nominative / accusative |
attributive and/or after determiner | vollen | voll | vollt | voll |
independent without determiner | volles | voller | |||
dative | after any declined word | vollen | voller | vollen | vollen |
as first declined word | vollem | vollem |
Antonyms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- vold (Riksmål)
Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]voll m (definite singular vollen, indefinite plural voller, definite plural vollene)
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Middle Low German wal, from Latin vallum.
Noun
[edit]voll m (definite singular vollen, indefinite plural voller, definite plural vollene)
References
[edit]- “voll” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Old Norse vǫllr. Akin to English wold.
Noun
[edit]voll m (definite singular vollen, indefinite plural vollar, definite plural vollane)
- (agricultural) a meadow, grassy area, grassy plain
- 1853, Ivar Aasen, "Barne-Minne", translated from Lord Byron, "Childish recollections"
- Som Morgonsoli […] blinkar dimt ut paa dan vaate Voll […]
- The orb of day […] dimly twinkles o'er the watery plain […]
- Synonym: eng
- 1853, Ivar Aasen, "Barne-Minne", translated from Lord Byron, "Childish recollections"
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Middle Low German wal, from Latin vallum.
Noun
[edit]voll m (definite singular vollen, indefinite plural vollar, definite plural vollane)
References
[edit]- “voll” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Pennsylvania German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German vol, from Old High German foll.
Compare Low German vull, Dutch vol, English full, Danish fuld, Swedish full, German voll.
Adjective
[edit]voll
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