UrsprungFrom the digit noll (“zero”).
- common-gendera zero; the symbol, or digit, "0".
- common-gendera zero (of a scale)
- common-gendera loser, nobody
“Vilken nolla.” — What a loser.
- common-gendera person who recently started university or gymnasium, and has not yet been "introduced" to the school by the older students; person taking part, as a new student, in an orientation week
“En nolla gick vilse och var borta i över två timmar.” — A fresher went wrong and was lost for over two hours.
- to reset, to calibrate to zero
“Nolla mätarna och börja om.” — Reset the meters and start again.
- to haze (initiate a new student, called nolla, noun)
“Vi ska nolla de nya studenterna.” — We're going to haze the new students.
- to shut out, to prevent (an opponent) from scoring
Formernolla(indefinite, nominative, singular) · nollas(genitive, indefinite, singular) · nollan(definite, nominative, singular) · nollans(definite, genitive, singular) · nollor(indefinite, nominative, plural) · nollors(genitive, indefinite, plural) · nollorna(definite, nominative, plural) · nollornas(definite, genitive, plural) · nollar(present) · nollade(preterite) · nollat(supine) · nolla(imperative) · nolla(active, infinitive) · nollas(infinitive, passive) · nollat(active, supine) · nollats(passive, supine) · nolla(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · nollen(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive)