voll

See also: Voll, vòll, -voll, and voll-

German

Etymology

    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

    • IPA(key): /fɔl/
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    Adjective

    voll (strong nominative masculine singular voller, comparative voller, superlative am vollsten)

    1. 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!
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      • 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!
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      • 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 [...]
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    2. (colloquial) full (not hungry anymore)
      Synonym: satt
    3. (colloquial) drunk
      Synonyms: betrunken, breit

    Usage notes

    • 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

    Derived terms

    Adverb

    voll

    1. fully
    2. (colloquial, chiefly among the younger) very; quite; really
      Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sehr
      Das war voll gut.That was really good.

    Further reading

    • voll” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
    • voll” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

    Luxembourgish

    Etymology

    From Middle High German vol, from Old High German foll, see also Old English full, Old Norse fullr.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /fol/
      • Rhymes: -ol

    Adjective

    voll (masculine vollen, neuter vollt, comparative méi voll, superlative am vollsten)

    1. full

    Declension

    Declension of voll
    singular plural
    masculine feminine neuter
    predicative hien ass si ass et ass si si(nn)
    nominative /
    accusative
    attributive and/or after determiner vollen vollt
    independent without determiner volles voller
    dative after any declined word vollen voller vollen vollen
    as first declined word vollem vollem

    Antonyms

    Norwegian Bokmål

    Alternative forms

    Etymology 1

    From Old Norse vǫllr.

    Noun

    voll m (definite singular vollen, indefinite plural voller, definite plural vollene)

    1. meadow
      Synonym: eng
    Derived terms
    • setervoll

    Etymology 2

    From Middle Low German wal, from Latin vallum.

    Noun

    voll m (definite singular vollen, indefinite plural voller, definite plural vollene)

    1. rampart, wall

    References

    Norwegian Nynorsk

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /volː/, /vodl/, /vodː/

    Etymology 1

    From Old Norse vǫllr. Akin to English wold.

    Noun

    voll m (definite singular vollen, indefinite plural vollar, definite plural vollane)

    1. (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
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

    From Middle Low German wal, from Latin vallum.

    Noun

    voll m (definite singular vollen, indefinite plural vollar, definite plural vollane)

    1. rampart

    References

    Pennsylvania German

    Etymology

    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

    voll

    1. full