voll
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German vol, from Old High German foll, from Proto-West Germanic *full, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós.
Compare Low German vull, Dutch vol, English full, Danish fuld, Swedish full.
The stem is spelt with v- before -o-, -ö- (as in voll, Völle, Völlerei), but with f- before -ü- (as in füllen, Fülle). Modern German does not allow v for /f/ before -u-, -ü- and the spelling of the other forms has never been adapted.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editvoll (strong nominative masculine singular voller, comparative voller, superlative am vollsten)
- full; filled
- Synonym: gefüllt
- F. Hirsch, Siegfried's Tod. In: Mittheilungen des Nordböhmischen Excursions-Clubs. Redigirt von Prof. A. Paudler. Sechster Jahrgang, Böhm.-Leipa, 1883, p. 292:
- [...] Mich faßt Erstaunen an, / Daß zwar so reiche, auserles'ne Speisen, / Doch für den durstgequälten Jägersmann / Nicht auch des Weines volle Beche kreisen!
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1824, Ewald, Die Schlacht am Kapellenberge bei Lauban. Erzählung aus den Zeiten der Hussitenkriege, Leipzig, p. 201:
- Sein ist die Braut im Hoheitsaale, / Sein des Weines volle Pokale, / Golden und silbernes Gut!
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1844, Blüthen aus Salem. Ein katholisches Gebeth- und Erbauungsbuch in Prosa und Poesie herausgegeben aus Eigenem und Fremden durch Ludwig Diernacher, Passau und Prag, page 302:
- Ja! so Herr! mag des Kummers volle Schale über mich ausgegossen werden [...]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (colloquial) full (not hungry anymore)
- Synonym: satt
- (colloquial) drunk
Usage notes
edit- Voll was originally construed with the genitive case. When the noun has no other adjective, this use is now literary and dated: voll Geldes, des Geldes voll (“full of money”), voll Kummers, des Kummers voll (“full of sorrow”). Instead, an apposition is predominantly used: voll Geld, voll Kummer. In this construction, the adjective may alternatively take the form voller, which in turn is sometimes interpreted as a preposition: voller Geld, voller Kummer. Furthermore, the preposition mit can be used chiefly in the literal sense of a filled container, and von can be used chiefly in figurative senses: voll mit Geld, voll von Kummer.
- If the noun has an additional adjective, then in addition to the alternative constructions, the genitive is still used: ein Eimer voll heißen Wassers (“a bucket full of hot water”). If an apposition is used, the cases of both nouns usually match: ein Eimer voll heißes Wasser; mit einem Eimer voll heißem Wasser.
Declension
editnumber & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist voll | sie ist voll | es ist voll | sie sind voll | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | voller | volle | volles | volle |
genitive | vollen | voller | vollen | voller | |
dative | vollem | voller | vollem | vollen | |
accusative | vollen | volle | volles | volle | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der volle | die volle | das volle | die vollen |
genitive | des vollen | der vollen | des vollen | der vollen | |
dative | dem vollen | der vollen | dem vollen | den vollen | |
accusative | den vollen | die volle | das volle | die vollen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein voller | eine volle | ein volles | (keine) vollen |
genitive | eines vollen | einer vollen | eines vollen | (keiner) vollen | |
dative | einem vollen | einer vollen | einem vollen | (keinen) vollen | |
accusative | einen vollen | eine volle | ein volles | (keine) vollen |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist voller | sie ist voller | es ist voller | sie sind voller | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | vollerer | vollere | volleres | vollere |
genitive | volleren | vollerer | volleren | vollerer | |
dative | vollerem | vollerer | vollerem | volleren | |
accusative | volleren | vollere | volleres | vollere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der vollere | die vollere | das vollere | die volleren |
genitive | des volleren | der volleren | des volleren | der volleren | |
dative | dem volleren | der volleren | dem volleren | den volleren | |
accusative | den volleren | die vollere | das vollere | die volleren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein vollerer | eine vollere | ein volleres | (keine) volleren |
genitive | eines volleren | einer volleren | eines volleren | (keiner) volleren | |
dative | einem volleren | einer volleren | einem volleren | (keinen) volleren | |
accusative | einen volleren | eine vollere | ein volleres | (keine) volleren |
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist am vollsten | sie ist am vollsten | es ist am vollsten | sie sind am vollsten | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | vollster | vollste | vollstes | vollste |
genitive | vollsten | vollster | vollsten | vollster | |
dative | vollstem | vollster | vollstem | vollsten | |
accusative | vollsten | vollste | vollstes | vollste | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der vollste | die vollste | das vollste | die vollsten |
genitive | des vollsten | der vollsten | des vollsten | der vollsten | |
dative | dem vollsten | der vollsten | dem vollsten | den vollsten | |
accusative | den vollsten | die vollste | das vollste | die vollsten | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein vollster | eine vollste | ein vollstes | (keine) vollsten |
genitive | eines vollsten | einer vollsten | eines vollsten | (keiner) vollsten | |
dative | einem vollsten | einer vollsten | einem vollsten | (keinen) vollsten | |
accusative | einen vollsten | eine vollste | ein vollstes | (keine) vollsten |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editAdverb
editvoll
- fully
- (colloquial, chiefly among the younger) very; quite; really
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sehr
- Das war voll gut. ― That was really good.
Further reading
editLuxembourgish
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German vol, from Old High German foll, see also Old English full, Old Norse fullr.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editvoll (masculine vollen, neuter vollt, comparative méi voll, superlative am vollsten)
Declension
editnumber and gender | singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | hien ass voll | si ass voll | et ass voll | si si(nn) voll | |
nominative / accusative |
attributive and/or after determiner | vollen | voll | vollt | voll |
independent without determiner | volles | voller | |||
dative | after any declined word | vollen | voller | vollen | vollen |
as first declined word | vollem | vollem |
Antonyms
editRelated terms
editNorwegian Bokmål
editAlternative forms
edit- vold (Riksmål)
Etymology 1
editNoun
editvoll m (definite singular vollen, indefinite plural voller, definite plural vollene)
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editFrom Middle Low German wal, from Latin vallum.
Noun
editvoll m (definite singular vollen, indefinite plural voller, definite plural vollene)
References
edit- “voll” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Old Norse vǫllr. Akin to English wold.
Noun
editvoll m (definite singular vollen, indefinite plural vollar, definite plural vollane)
- (agricultural) a meadow, grassy area, grassy plain
- 1853, Ivar Aasen, "Barne-Minne", translated from Lord Byron, "Childish recollections"
- Som Morgonsoli […] blinkar dimt ut paa dan vaate Voll […]
- The orb of day […] dimly twinkles o'er the watery plain […]
- Synonym: eng
- 1853, Ivar Aasen, "Barne-Minne", translated from Lord Byron, "Childish recollections"
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editFrom Middle Low German wal, from Latin vallum.
Noun
editvoll m (definite singular vollen, indefinite plural vollar, definite plural vollane)
References
edit- “voll” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Pennsylvania German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German vol, from Old High German foll.
Compare Low German vull, Dutch vol, English full, Danish fuld, Swedish full, German voll.
Adjective
editvoll
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