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{{also|boll|bòll|Bøll|bøll|Böll|böll}}
==English==
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===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|en|Boell}}

===Etymology===
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* As a Danish and German surname, from {{bor|en|da|Bøll}}, {{bor|en|de|Böll}}.
* Also as a German surname, from the personal name {{m|en|Baldo}} (see {{m|en|Bold}}). Compare {{m|en|Boell}}.
* As an English surname, variant of {{m|en|Bull}}.
* Also as an English surname, from the noun {{m|en|bowl}}. Compare {{m|en|Bowler}}.
* As a Scottish surname, variant of {{m|en|Boyle}}.

===Proper noun===
{{en-proper-noun|s}}

# {{surname|en|from=Germanic languages}}.
## {{surname|en|from=German}}.
## {{surname|en|from=Danish}}.

===Further reading===
* {{pedia|lang=en|Boll (surname)}}

==German Low German==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|nds-de|Bolle}}

===Etymology===
From {{inh|nds-de|gml|bolle}}, from {{inh|nds-de|osx|bollo}}, from {{inh|nds-de|gem-pro|*bullô}}, {{m|gem-pro|*bullǭ}}. More at {{l|en|bowl}}.

===Noun===
{{nds-de-noun|g=m|plural=Bollen}}

# [[bun]]; [[roll]]
# {{lb|nds-de|botany}} [[bulb]]

==Luxembourgish==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|lb|gmh|bolle}}, from {{inh|lb|goh|bolla}}, from {{inh|lb|gem-pro|*bullǭ}}. 

The sense “bowl” is inherited in many dialects of [[Central Franconian]] and even further east in [[Hessian]] [[Rhine Franconian]]. Therefore there is no reason to consider it a borrowing from {{cog|fr|bol}}, which is itself a rather late borrowing from English.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|lb|/bol/}}
** {{rhymes|lb|ol|s=1}}

===Noun===
{{lb-noun|f}}

# [[bowl]], [[dish]]
# [[ladle]]

==Plautdietsch==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|pdt|gml|bulle}}, from {{inh|pdt|osx|*bulo}}, from {{inh|pdt|gem-pro|*bulô}}.

===Noun===
{{head|pdt|noun|g=m|plural|Bulls}}

# [[bull]]

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