jul

See also: Jul, JUL, júl, Jul., and júl.

Translingual

Symbol

jul

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Jirel.

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Jirel terms

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

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Determiner

jul

1. Alternative form of julle; your (plural)

See also

Afrikaans personal pronouns

		subjective	objective	possessive determiner	possessive pronoun
singular	1st	ek	my		myne
	2nd	jy	jou		joune
	2nd, formal	u			u s’n
	3rd, masc	hy	hom	sy	syne
	3rd, fem	sy	haar		hare
	3rd, neut	dit		sy	syne
plural	1st	ons			ons s’n
	2nd	julle / jul1			julle s’n
	3rd	hulle / hul1			hulle s’n
1. The forms jul and hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence.

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse jól, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *jehwlą, *jeulō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈjuˀl]
• Homophone: hjul

Noun

jul c (singular definite julen, plural indefinite jule)

1. (Christianity) Christmas (the time around 25 December)

Inflection

Declension of jul

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	jul	julen	jule	julene
genitive	juls	julens	jules	julenes

Derived terms

Terms derived from "jul"

• Juleøen
• jule (verb)
• juleaften c
• juleassistance c
• julebuk c
• juledag c
• juleevangelium n
• julefrokost c
• julegave c
• julekalender c
• juleleg c
• julemand c
• julemærke n
• julenisse c
• julepynt c
• juleri n
• julerose c
• julesalat c
• julestads c
• julestemning c
• juletræ n
• juletræsfod c

Descendants

• Norwegian Bokmål: jul
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: jul (partially from an earlier East Nordic borrowing)
• → German: Jul
  • → Dutch: joel
  • ⇒ German: Julfest
    • → Dutch: joelfeest
• → Greenlandic: juulli

Verb

jul

1. imperative of jule

Further reading

• “jul” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “jul” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse jól.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /jʉːl/, /jʉːɽ/
• Homophone: hjul
• Rhymes: -ʉːɽ

Noun

jul f or m (definite singular jula or julen, indefinite plural juler, definite plural julene)

1. Christmas, also Yule

Derived terms

• god jul
• julaften
• juledag (første ..., andre ... etc.)
• julegave
• julehilsen
• julehymne
• julekort
• julelys
• julemat
• julemiddag
• julenisse
• julepresang
• julesang
• julestemning
• julestjerne
• julestrømpe
• juletid
• juletre
• juletrefot
• lillejulaften
• romjul

 

References

• “jul” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

As a written form borrowed from Norwegian Bokmål jul, from Danish jul, from Old East Norse iūl. Also through the spoken language as an earlier East Nordic loan. Cognate with Old West Norse jól, compare jol. Akin to English Yule.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jʉːl/
• Homophone: hjul

Noun

jul f (definite singular jula, indefinite plural juler, definite plural julene)

1. Synonym of jol (“Christmas; Yule”)

Derived terms

• god jul
• romjul

References

• “jul” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

jȗl m (Cyrillic spelling ју̑л)

1. Alternative spelling of jȗli, the month of July

Declension

Declension of jul

	singular	plural
nominative	jul	juli
genitive	jula	jula
dative	julu	julima
accusative	juli	jule
vocative	jul	juli
locative	julu	julima
instrumental	julom	julima

See also

• (month): Previous: jȗn. Next: avgust

See also

• (Gregorian calendar months) m(j)eseci gregorijanskog kalendara; januar/siječanj, februar/veljača, mart/ožujak, april/travanj, maj/svibanj, jun/juni/lipanj, jul/juli/srpanj, avgust/august/kolovoz, septembar/rujan, oktobar/listopad, novembar/studeni, decembar/prosinac ^{(Category: sh:Gregorian calendar months)}

Swedish

Julaftonen av Carl Larsson ["[The] Christmas Eve" by Carl Larsson]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jʉːl/

• Audio:

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• Homophone: hjul
• Rhymes: -ʉːl

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish iūl, from Old Norse jól, from Proto-Germanic *jehwlą. First attested in the late 13th century.

Cognate with English Yule, Danish jul, Estonian jõulud, Finnish joulu, Faroese jól, Icelandic jól, Norwegian jul, and Scots Yule.

Noun

jul c

1. Christmas, Yule
   • 1877, August Strindberg, Från Fjerdingen och Svartbäcken, page 8:

     Fjorton dagar före Jul friade pastorn till den blonda och fick nej!

     Fourteen days before Christmas, the pastor proposed to the blonde and got a no!

   • 1946, “Mössens julafton (När nätterna blir långa) [The mice's Christmas Eve (When the nights get long)]”, Ulf Peder Olrog (lyrics), Alf Prøysen (music)‎^[1]:

     När nätterna blir långa och kölden sätter in, tar mamma mus och samlar hela barnaskaran sin. Hon visar sen på fällan: "Akta er för den, så får vi allesammans fira jul igen." Hejsan hoppsan, fallerallera, när julen kommer ska varenda unge vara gla' [glad]! Hejsan hoppsan, fallerallera, när julen kommer ska varenda unge vara gla' [glad]!

     When the nights get long and the cold sets in, then mother mouse goes and gathers her whole group of children. She then points [directs, more generally] to the trap: "Beware of that one, and we will all get to celebrate Christmas again." Hidy howdy, fallerallera [expression of exhilaration, often in song], when [the] Christmas comes, every kid should be happy! Hidy howdy, fallerallera, when [the] Christmas comes, every kid should be happy!

   • 1989, Billy Butt, Sölve Rydell (lyrics and music), “Julen är här [["The" – idiomatic] Christmas is here]”, in Julen är här‎^[2], performed by Tommy Körberg ft. Sissel Kyrkjebø:

     Julen är här och lyser frid på jorden. Glädjen är stor. I ett barns klara ögon bor den. Julen är här i våra mörka länder. Kom, låt oss ta varandras händer när julen är här.

     [The] Christmas is here and shines peace [serenity, not absence of war] on Earth [perhaps in the sense of "and peace shines on Earth," though it would be as unusually worded in Swedish]. The joy is great. It lives in the bright [clear] eyes of a child. [The] Christmas is here in our dark countries. Come, let us join [take each other's] hands when [the] Christmas is here.

   • 2023 December 11, Magnus Liljesköld, “Fortsatt ökad spridning av trippelsmittan väntas i jul [Continued increased spread of the triple infection is expected during Christmas.]”, in Sveriges Radio:

     ”Vi måste ju till exempel träffas i jul, det är ju en del av livet och det är viktigt för vårt välbefinnande att vi får träffa varandra, bara vi tänker på att inte smitta någon som är sårbar”, säger han [statsepidemiologen].

     "We must, for example, meet during Christmas; it's a part of life and crucial for our well-being that we get to meet each other. We just need to be mindful not to infect anyone who is vulnerable," he [the state epidemiologist] says.

Declension

Declension of jul

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	jul	juls
	definite	julen	julens
plural	indefinite	jular	julars
	definite	jularna	jularnas

Derived terms

• god jul (“merry Christmas”)
• i julas (“last Christmas”)
• julafton (“Christmas Eve”)
• julbelysning (“Christmas lights”)
• julbock (“Yule goat”)
• julbord (“Christmas smorgasbord”) (see there for dishes)
• juleljus (“Christmas candle”)
• juletid (“Christmas time”)
• julfirande (“Christmas celebration”)
• julgran (“Christmas tree”)
  • julgransplundring
• julgröt (“rice pudding”)
• julgåva (“Christmas gift”)
• julklapp (“Christmas present”)
  • julklappsrim (“Christmas present rhyme”)
  • julklappsutdelning (“handing out of Christmas presents”)
• julkrubba (“nativity scene, crib, crèche”)
• julmust (“Christmas must (soft drink)”)
• julotta (“Christmas Day matins”)
• julpynt (“Christmas decorations”)
• julpynta (“decorate for Christmas”)
• julskinka (“Christmas ham”)
• julstuga
• julstämning (“Christmas mood”)
• jultomte (“Santa Claus”)
• julöl (“Christmas beer”)

See also

• Kalle Anka (“a Christmas TV special broadcast every Christmas Eve”)
• bjällerklang (“sound of jingle bells”)
• dopparedagen (“Dipping day; syn. of Christmas Eve”)
• fira (“celebrate”)
• glögg (“glogg”)
• ischoklad
• knäck
• korkek
• pepparkakshus (“gingerbread house”)
• uppesittarkväll (“pre-Christmas special broadcast on December 23”)

Etymology 2

Noun

jul c

1. July; abbreviation of juli.

See also

• jan - feb - mar - apr - maj - jun - jul - aug - sep - okt - nov - dec

References

• jul in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• jul in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from German Schule.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃul/

Noun

jul (nominative plural juls)

1. school
   • 1937, “‚Johann Martin Schleyer’”, in Volapükagased pro Nedänapükans, page 34:

     Ven älabom lifayelis lul äprimom ad golön lü jul.

     When he was five years old, he started going to school.

Declension

declension of jul

	singular	plural
nominative	jul	juls
genitive	jula	julas
dative	jule	jules
accusative	juli	julis
vocative 1	o jul!	o juls!
predicative 2	julu	julus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Hyponyms

• pöpajul