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)
- mill, millhouse
Inflection
Declension of mølle
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | mølle | møllen | møller | møllerne |
| genitive | mølles | møllens | møllers | møllernes |
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
mølle f or m (definite singular mølla or møllen, indefinite plural møller, definite plural møllene)
- a mill ((building with) grinding apparatus)
Synonyms
- kvern
Derived terms
- den som kommer først til mølla, får først malt
- kruttmølle
- møllebruk
- mølledam
- møllehjul
- møllestein
- papirmølle
- peppermølle
- tidemølle
- tredemølle
- undervannsmølle
- valsemølle
- vannmølle
- vindmølle
References
- “mølle” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
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)
- alternative form of mylne (“mill”)
Derived terms
- knusemølle
- møllar
- møllebruk
- mølledam
- møllehjul
- møllespel
- møllestein
- papirmølle
- tredemølle
- trømølle
- valsemølle
- vindmølle
References
- “mølle” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.