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voll

adj · /fɔl/ ·
Etymology

Etymology tree Middle High German vol German voll From 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.

Translation

  1. full; filled

    [...] Mich faßt Erstaunen an, / Daß zwar so reiche, auserles'ne Speisen, / Doch für den durstgequälten Jägersmann / Nicht auch des Weines volle Beche kreisen!

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    1824, Ewald, Die Schlacht am Kapellenberge bei Lauban. Erzählung aus den Zeiten der Hussitenkriege, Leipzig, p. 201

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    Ja! so Herr! mag des Kummers volle Schale über mich ausgegossen werden [...]

  2. at full blast source:freedict-eng-deu-dictd
  3. filled source:wikdict-en-de-stardict
  4. at full blast; full bast source:dictcc-tuchemnitz-de-en
  5. full (not hungry anymore) colloquial
  6. drunk colloquial

voll

adv · /fɔl/ ·
Etymology

Etymology tree Middle High German vol German voll From 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.

Translation

  1. fully
  2. very; quite; really colloquial

    Das war voll gut.

    That was really good.