koll

See also: Koll and köll

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *koljoi.

Noun

koll (genitive kolli, partitive kolli)

  1. bugaboo, bugbear (a vague supernatural being, malevolent spirit)
  2. (colloquial) booger, boogie (dried up lump of tat on the nose)

Declension
Declension of koll (ÕS type 22e/riik, length gradation)
singular plural
nominative koll kollid
genitive kolli kollide
partitive kolli kolle
kollisid
illative kolli
kollisse		 kollidesse
kollesse
inessive kollis kollides
kolles
elative kollist kollidest
kollest
allative kollile kollidele
kollele
adessive kollil kollidel
kollel
ablative kollilt kollidelt
kollelt
translative kolliks kollideks
kolleks
terminative kollini kollideni
essive kollina kollidena
abessive kollita kollideta
comitative kolliga kollidega

Further reading

Icelandic

Noun

koll

  1. indefinite accusative singular of kollur

Swedish

Etymology

Deverbal from kolla.

Noun

koll c

  1. (colloquial) a look, a check, an inspection
  2. (colloquial, uncountable) track, watch, control, grasp (a good "watch" on something, concrete or abstract, sometimes with implied control)
    att hålla koll på sin ekonomi
    to keep track of one's finances / (by implication) to keep one's finances in order
    Håll koll på hunden medan jag är borta!
    Keep an eye on the dog while I'm away!
    ha bra koll på ett ämnesområde
    have a good grasp of a subject area
    Han har noll koll
    He is clueless ("noll koll" (zero koll) is idiomatic)

Declension
Declension of koll 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative koll kollen kollar kollarna
Genitive kolls kollens kollars kollarnas

Derived terms

References
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