UrsprungFrom Old Swedish bylghia, from Old Norse bylgja, from Proto-Germanic *bulgijō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ-.
- common-gendera wave, a billow (large, undulating wave, like on the sea)
- common-genderthe sea (in some expressions)
“Vi seglade på böljan den blå” — We sailed the sea ["we sailed on the billow the blue (one) / the blue billow," with idiomatic phrasing]
- to billow (make large, undulating movements)
“böljande vetefält” — billowing wheat fields
Formerbölja(indefinite, nominative, singular) · böljas(genitive, indefinite, singular) · böljan(definite, nominative, singular) · böljans(definite, genitive, singular) · böljor(indefinite, nominative, plural) · böljors(genitive, indefinite, plural) · böljorna(definite, nominative, plural) · böljornas(definite, genitive, plural) · böljar(present) · böljade(preterite) · böljat(supine) · bölja(imperative) · bölja(active, infinitive) · böljas(infinitive, passive) · böljat(active, supine) · böljats(passive, supine) · bölja(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · böljen(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive)