Gülle

From Middle High German gülle (“puddle”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *guljō, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeyh₁- (“to gape, yawn”), whence Proto-Germanic *gīnaną.

Cognate with German Gülle (“liquid manure”), Cimbrian gülla (“vomit”), also Middle Low German gōle (“swamp”), Swedish göl (“puddle”), dialectal Norwegian gyl (“cleft”), and Finnish kulju (“quagmire”) (which was borrowed from North Germanic).

Gülle f (Uri)

1. shallow pond
2. puddle, especially of slurry (liquid manure)

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 19.

From Middle High German gülle (“puddle”), see the Swiss German entry above.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡʏlə/

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• Rhymes: -ʏlə

Gülle f (genitive Gülle, no plural)

1. liquid manure

• “Gülle” in Duden online