hollen

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɔlə(n)/

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• Rhymes: -ɔlən

From hol.

• holen (obsolete as verb)

hollen

1. (transitive) to (make) hollow, empty (the inside)
2. (transitive) to make by hollowing

From Middle Dutch hollen, further etymology unknown. No certain relatives. Perhaps ultimately derived from or related to a zero-grade of Frankish *halþijan (“to incline, tilt”), if the sense evolution was 'to bend' > 'to move in a bending way' > 'to hasten, to run.'^[1]

hollen

1. (intransitive) to run fast or frantically, run away, flee etc.
2. (intransitive) to rage; be/get out of control
3. (intransitive) to (be/ go on) strike

• Afrikaans: hol

A rhyming variation on sollen.

hollen

1. (transitive) to drag, toy, play games (with ...), play tricks (on ...)

• sollen

From Middle Low German halden, from Old Saxon haldan.

hollen (past singular heel, past participle hollen, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. to hold

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈhoːllen/

hōllen

1. first-person singular past indicative of hoallat

hollen

1. plural of holle