ole, dole, doff

Swedish

Alternative forms

  • ole dole doff

Etymology

From the first three words in the rhyme. The words themselves lack individual meaning. Origin unknown, possibly from Latin unus, duo, tres (“one, two, three”).

Noun

ole, dole, doff c

  1. Similar to eeny, meeny, miny, moe.
    Hypernyms: räkneramsa, palerim
    Coordinate terms: alla byxor äro dyra, ene mene, ett två tre, esike desike, icke picke pö, pelle plutt, äppel päppel

References

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