mølle

See also: molle, MOLLE, Mollé, mollë, and mölle

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed via Middle Low German or Old English from Late Latin molina (“millstone”). Distantly related to Old Norse mylna, itself derived from the verb mylja (“to crush into pieces”).

Noun

mølle c (singular definite møllen, plural indefinite møller)

  1. mill, millhouse

Inflection

Declension of mølle
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative mølle møllen møller møllerne
genitive mølles møllens møllers møllernes

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

mølle f or m (definite singular mølla or møllen, indefinite plural møller, definite plural møllene)

  1. a mill ((building with) grinding apparatus)

Synonyms

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

  • mølla (non-standard since 2012)

Etymology

Borrowed from Norwegian Bokmål mølle, from Danish mølle. Doublet of mylne.

Noun

mølle f (definite singular mølla, indefinite plural møller, definite plural møllene)

  1. alternative form of mylne (“mill”)

Derived terms

References

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