kul.
a rounded protrusion, lump, swelling or bump, especially on the body
Meaning & usage
a rounded protrusion, lump, swelling or bump, especially on the body
Han fikk en stor kul i panna.
a rounded elevation or hump in the terrain
De satte seg på en liten kul i terrenget.
the convex upper part of the landing slope of a ski-jumping hill; the knoll
Skihopperen landet på kulen.
a type of poker
Where this word comes from
Related to kule (“ball; lump, swelling”), from Old Norse kúla (“swelling, bump”), from Proto-Germanic *kūlǭ (“bump, swelling”). Compare Norwegian Nynorsk kul, Swedish kul and kula, Icelandic kúla, German Kaule and Dutch kuil (“bump, swelling; pit, hollow”).
used as an intensifier: completely, entirely, utterly
kul umulig
used as an emphatic element in an exclamation
Where this word comes from
Possibly from Traveller Norwegian; the specific source word is unknown.
fun, amusing or interesting; cool, nice or appealing
Det var en kul film.
calm, composed, unruffled or emotionally unaffected; accepting and not bothered
Hun holdt seg kul under hele krisen.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Swedish kul (“fun, amusing, interesting”), with semantic influence from English cool (“calm, unaffected; fashionable, appealing”). The Swedish word is of uncertain origin, possibly related to kyllä (“yes, indeed”) or to Swedish kula (“something successful; a stroke of luck”). Compare Norwegian Bokmål cool (“cool, calm; fashionable, appealing”).
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