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hål

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See also: -hal, HAL, Hal, Ħal, hal, hâl, hál, hàl, häl, hæl, and ħal

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Etymology

From Old Swedish hul, hol, from Old Norse hol, from Proto-Germanic *hulą, from Proto-Indo-European *kuH-, *kewH-.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -oːl

Noun

hål n

  1. a hole (opening straight through or partway through something)
    gräva ett hål
    dig a hole
    Se upp för det där hålet i marken så att du inte trillar ner
    Watch out for that hole in the ground so that you don't fall in [or "fall down," but trilla sounds a bit more colloquial]
    sticka hål på en ballong utan att den smäller
    puncture [stick hole on] a balloon without popping it [without it popping]
    Det är hål i jeansen
    There's a hole / holes in the jeans
    Det är ett hål i hinken
    There is a hole in the bucket
    1. a cavity (in a tooth)
      hål i tänderna
      tooth cavities
      (literally, “holes in the teeth”)
    2. (golf) a hole (target; part of a golf course)
      slå ut på sjätte hålet
      tee off on the sixth hole
  2. (figuratively) a hole (made in something, destroying it)
    slå/sticka hål på en myt
    dispel/bust [punch/stick hole on] a myth
    slå/sticka hål på argument
    shoot down [punch/stick hole on] arguments
    Or "poke holes in," but feels stronger, like a refutation. Sticka implies something sharp and pointy in Swedish, like a needle.
  3. a hole (hollow)
    Synonyms: (hollow) håla, (cavity) hålighet, (cavity, void) hålrum
  4. (physics) a hole; in semiconductors, a lack of an electron in an occupied band behaving like a positively charged particle

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...

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