pølse
Danish
Etymology
From Old Danish pølse. Unknown origin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈpʰølsə]
Noun
pølse c (singular definite pølsen, plural indefinite pølser)
- sausage, banger
- (childish) poop (excrement)
- Jeg lavede en pølse på wc.
Inflection
Declension of pølse
| common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | pølse | pølsen | pølser | pølserne |
| genitive | pølses | pølsens | pølsers | pølsernes |
Derived terms
- rød pølse
Related terms
- hotdog
Descendants
- → Greenlandic: pølse
Further reading
- “pølse” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “pølse” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
Greenlandic
Etymology
Borrowed from Danish pølse.
Noun
pølse (plural pølsit)
- sausage
- 2002, Stephen Hammeken, Harry Potter Ujarallu Inuunartoq, Nuuk: Atuakkiorfik, translation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling, →ISBN, page 153:
- Puugutarsuit nerrivimmi saavaniittut nerisassanik qammipput. Nerisassat taama mamarunartigisut taamalu amerlatigisut takusimanngisaannarpai. Nersussuit neqaat siatat, kukkukuuaqqat siatat, savaaqqat neqaat saaniminertallit siatat, puulukip quttoraa, pølsit assigiinngitsorpassuit, baconit puulukillu siatat, naatsiiat uusut siatallu, puulukit aserortikkat siatat, eertat, guleruuat, miseqqat, ketchup minnerunngitsumillu mamakujuttut pebermyntepastillit. Harryp paasilluarsinnaanngilaa sooq taakku kingulliit nerrivimmut ilineqarsimanersut, aappaatigulli tupiginngilaa.
- The dishes in front of him were now piled with food. He had never seen so many things he liked to eat on one table: roast beef, roast chicken, pork chops and lamb chops, sausages, bacon and steak, boiled potatoes, roast potatoes, chips, Yorkshire pudding, peas, carrots, gravy, ketchup, and, for some strange reason, mint humbugs.
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Synonyms
- immigaq
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
pølse f or m (definite singular pølsa or pølsen, indefinite plural pølser, definite plural pølsene)
- hot dog, sausage
- (slang) penis
Derived terms
- kleptopølser
References
- “pølse” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
- pylsa, pylse, pølsa (unofficial)
Dialects
- pýsse (set)
- pysje (Folldal, ngbr)
- påsj, pøls, pøłs(j), pöłs (trø)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [²pølsə], [²pøʂə]
Noun
pølse f (definite singular pølsa, indefinite plural pølser, definite plural pølsene)
- a sausage or hot dog
References
- “pølse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Two red Danish sausages.
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Danish pølse.
Noun
pølse c
- (humorous) Alternative spelling of pölse (“red Danish sausage”)
- Synonym: rød pølse
- 1964, Karl Gerhard, Med mitt goda minne, page 121:
- Fatima och jag blev så småningom vänner. Det började med en femtioöring till pølse.
- Fatima and I eventually became friends. It started with a fifty öre coin for Danish hotdog.
- 2021 January 18, Erik Adell, “Nu har det serverats pølser på Danmarks gator i 100 år [Sausages have now been served on the streets of Denmark for 100 years]”, in Sveriges Radio P4 Malmöhus:
- Vad det då kostade med en korv med bröd? 30 öre. 25 för pølsen och 5 för brödet.
- What did it cost for sausage with bread? 30 öre. 25 for the sausage and 5 for the bread.
See also
- pølsevagn