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Böll.

a surname

4 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

name
  1. a surname

    feminine · masculine · proper-noun · surname
Where this word comes from

From Middle Low German boll (“rounded hill”), from Old Saxon bollo, from Proto-Germanic *bullô (“round object”). Compare Boller. Also from the old Germanic name Baldo, see Bold. Compare Boell.

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