Bolle

See also: bolle, bollë, bølle, and Bölle

Translingual

Proper noun

Bolle

1. A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Carl (Karl) August Bolle (1821-1909).

Further reading

• Author query of the International Plant Names Index

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Bolle.

Proper noun

Bolle (plural Bolles)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bolle is the 36630^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 610 individuals. Bolle is most common among White (90.66%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bolle”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 187.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German bolle, from Old High German bolla, from Proto-West Germanic *bollā, from Proto-Germanic *bullǭ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔlə/

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• Rhymes: -ɔlə

Noun

Bolle f (genitive Bolle, plural Bollen)

1. (regional, including Berlin) a thickish, roundish object, especially a bulb, tuber

   Synonym: Knolle

Declension

Declension of Bolle [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Bolle	die	Bollen
genitive	einer	der	Bolle	der	Bollen
dative	einer	der	Bolle	den	Bollen
accusative	eine	die	Bolle	die	Bollen

Derived terms

• Bollenhut

Related terms

• Bollchen