See Bollen on Wiktionary
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"lang": "Low German",
"lang_code": "nds",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"alt_of": [
{
"word": "Boll"
}
],
"glosses": [
"alternative form of Boll"
],
"links": [
[
"Boll",
"Boll#Low_German"
]
],
"tags": [
"alt-of",
"alternative",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"word": "Bollen"
}
{
"categories": [
"Low German entries with incorrect language header",
"Low German lemmas",
"Low German masculine nouns",
"Low German non-lemma forms",
"Low German noun forms",
"Low German nouns",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Westphalian"
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "nds",
"2": "noun form"
},
"expansion": "Bollen",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Low German",
"lang_code": "nds",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "Boll"
}
],
"glosses": [
"plural of Boll"
],
"links": [
[
"Boll",
"Boll#Low_German"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"plural"
]
}
],
"word": "Bollen"
}
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