boßeln

German

Etymology

From Middle High German bōzeln, iterative of bōzen (“to hit, strike; to play skittles”), from Old High German bōzan, from Proto-Germanic *bautaną (“to strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewd-. Cognate with English beat, which see.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈboːsəln/, [ˈboːsl̩n]
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Verb

boßeln (weak, third-person singular present boßelt, past tense boßelte, past participle geboßelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (obsolete) to play skittles or ninepins
    Synonym: kegeln
  2. (Northern Germany) to play the ballgame of Boßeln, a form of road bowling in which a predetermined distance of several kilometres must be covered with a minimum number of throws
    Synonym: (strictly a related game, but sometimes used interchangeably) klootschießen

Conjugation

Further reading

  • “boßeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “boßeln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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