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"translation": "Cypripedioideae",
"word": "Bullebeidel"
},
{
"english": "Cirsium vulgare",
"sense": "Nouns",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"translation": "Cirsium vulgare",
"word": "Bulledischdel"
},
{
"english": "bull beef",
"sense": "Nouns",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"translation": "bull beef",
"word": "Bullefleesch"
},
{
"english": "horsewhip made of dried bull's penis",
"sense": "Nouns",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"translation": "horsewhip made of dried bull's penis",
"word": "Bullegatt"
},
{
"english": "Phalaris arundinacea",
"sense": "Nouns",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"translation": "Phalaris arundinacea",
"word": "Bullegraas"
},
{
"alt": "also Bullhammli, Bullhummli",
"english": "bull calf",
"sense": "Nouns",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"translation": "bull calf",
"word": "Bullehammli"
},
{
"english": "bull's hide",
"sense": "Nouns",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"translation": "bull's hide",
"word": "Bullehaut"
},
{
"english": "Arrhenatherum elatius; also Bullhawwer",
"sense": "Nouns",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"translation": "Arrhenatherum elatius; also Bullhawwer",
"word": "Bullehawwer"
},
{
"english": "bull wood",
"sense": "Nouns",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"translation": "bull wood",
"word": "Bulleholz"
},
{
"english": "bull calf",
"sense": "Nouns",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"translation": "bull calf",
"word": "Bullekalb"
},
{
"english": "bull cherry tree",
"sense": "Nouns",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"translation": "bull cherry tree",
"word": "Bullekaschebaam"
},
{
"english": "bull chain",
"sense": "Nouns",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"translation": "bull chain",
"word": "Bullekett"
},
{
"english": "cry of a grown frog",
"sense": "Nouns",
"translation": "cry of a grown frog",
"word": "Bullerrum"
},
{
"english": "Ambrosia trifida",
"sense": "Nouns",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"translation": "Ambrosia trifida",
"word": "Bulleryockel"
},
{
"english": "bull thrower",
"sense": "Nouns",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"translation": "bull thrower",
"word": "Bulleschmeisser"
},
{
"english": "buckshot",
"sense": "Nouns",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"translation": "buckshot",
"word": "Bulleschrott"
},
{
"english": "bull stall; also Bullschtall",
"sense": "Nouns",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"translation": "bull stall; also Bullschtall",
"word": "Bulleschtall"
},
{
"english": "heavy rope",
"sense": "Nouns",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"translation": "heavy rope",
"word": "Bulleschtrick"
},
{
"english": "bull's tail",
"sense": "Nouns",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"translation": "bull's tail",
"word": "Bulleschwanz"
},
{
"english": "a type of scale",
"sense": "Nouns",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"translation": "a type of scale",
"word": "Bulleseckelwoog"
},
{
"english": "bull auction",
"sense": "Nouns",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"translation": "bull auction",
"word": "Bullevendu"
},
{
"english": "beef tongue",
"sense": "Nouns",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"translation": "beef tongue",
"word": "Bullezung"
},
{
"english": "bullfrog swamp",
"sense": "Nouns",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"translation": "bullfrog swamp",
"word": "Bullfraagschwam"
},
{
"english": "bullfrog; also Bullfraag",
"sense": "Nouns",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"translation": "bullfrog; also Bullfraag",
"word": "Bullfrack"
},
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"english": "bullfrog's legs",
"sense": "Nouns",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"translation": "bullfrog's legs",
"word": "Bullfrackeschenkel"
},
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"english": "bullfrog",
"sense": "Nouns",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"translation": "bullfrog",
"word": "Bullgrott"
},
{
"english": "oxheart cherries",
"sense": "Nouns",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"translation": "oxheart cherries",
"word": "Bullhatzkasch"
},
{
"english": "bulldog",
"sense": "Nouns",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"translation": "bulldog",
"word": "Bullhund"
},
{
"english": "frog",
"sense": "Nouns",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"translation": "frog",
"word": "Bullirum"
},
{
"english": "bull cherry tree",
"sense": "Nouns",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"translation": "bull cherry tree",
"word": "Bullkaerschebaam"
},
{
"english": "oxheart cherries",
"sense": "Nouns",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"translation": "oxheart cherries",
"word": "Bullkasch"
},
{
"english": "obstinant person",
"sense": "Nouns",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"translation": "obstinant person",
"word": "Bullkopp"
},
{
"english": "Carya laciniosa",
"sense": "Nouns",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"translation": "Carya laciniosa",
"word": "Bullniss"
},
{
"english": "machinery wheel driver",
"sense": "Nouns",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"translation": "machinery wheel driver",
"word": "Bullraad"
},
{
"english": "bull rush",
"sense": "Nouns",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"translation": "bull rush",
"word": "Bullrosch"
},
{
"english": "powder keg",
"sense": "Nouns",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"translation": "powder keg",
"word": "Bullwerfass"
},
{
"english": "to long for a bull",
"sense": "Verbs",
"translation": "to long for a bull",
"word": "bulle"
},
{
"english": "in heat",
"sense": "Adjectives",
"translation": "in heat",
"word": "bullich"
},
{
"english": "obstinate",
"sense": "Adjectives",
"translation": "obstinate",
"word": "bullkeppich"
},
{
"alt": "(literally",
"english": "the old scandal won't die; the old bull keeps on bellowing",
"sense": "Proverbs",
"translation": "the old scandal won't die; the old bull keeps on bellowing",
"word": "der alt Bull blarrt alsnoch)"
},
{
"alt": "(literally",
"english": "the old scandal won't die; the old bull bellows on forever",
"sense": "Proverbs",
"translation": "the old scandal won't die; the old bull bellows on forever",
"word": "der alt Bull blarrt fatt in die Ewichkeit)"
},
{
"alt": "(literally",
"english": "the loudest person gets the most attention; the cow who bellows the loudest goes into heat first",
"sense": "Proverbs",
"translation": "the loudest person gets the most attention; the cow who bellows the loudest goes into heat first",
"word": "die Kuh as es aergscht blarrt, geht es erscht zum Bull)"
},
{
"alt": "(literally",
"english": "a clumbsy person in a delecate place; a bull on a haystack",
"sense": "Proverbs",
"translation": "a clumbsy person in a delecate place; a bull on a haystack",
"word": "en Bull uff emme Hoischtock)"
},
{
"alt": "(literally",
"english": "a completely unstoppable person; event; straight ahead, like Hermann's bull — from the loft to the cow stall",
"sense": "Proverbs",
"translation": "a completely unstoppable person; event; straight ahead, like Hermann's bull — from the loft to the cow stall",
"word": "graadzu wie dem Haermann sei Bull — vum Owwerdenn in der Kiehschtall)"
},
{
"alt": "(literally",
"english": "irresposible parrents do not raise good children; careless bulls do not make good calves",
"sense": "Proverbs",
"translation": "irresposible parrents do not raise good children; careless bulls do not make good calves",
"word": "huddliche Bulle mache ken gude Kelwer)"
},
{
"sense": "Proverbs",
"word": "mer dutt was mer kann"
},
{
"alt": "(literally",
"english": "don't overexert someone; one does what one can; a bull can't do more either",
"sense": "Proverbs",
"translation": "don't overexert someone; one does what one can; a bull can't do more either",
"word": "mehner kann en Bull aa net)"
},
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"english": "as strong as a bull",
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"translation": "as strong as a bull",
"word": "so schtarick as en Bull"
},
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"english": ", hot der Peder gsaat, wie er zum Bull kumme iss unn er hot der Kopp gschiddelt (; just as you please,; “said Peter to the bull as it shook its head”",
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"translation": ", hot der Peder gsaat, wie er zum Bull kumme iss unn er hot der Kopp gschiddelt (; just as you please,; “said Peter to the bull as it shook its head”",
"word": "„es iss yuscht wer willa strong person will do what they want”,)"
},
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"english": "croak",
"sense": "Onomotapoeia",
"translation": "croak",
"word": "bullirum"
}
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{
"word": "Ox"
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"word": "Kalb"
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33,
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"english": "Dad, why did you buy another bull? We grow vegetables.",
"text": "Paeppi, ferwas hoscht du noch en Bull kaaft? Mir ziege Gemies.",
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"english": "Scared man and an angry bull. … The Big Bull. … A brindle brown mooly bull / must be in the barnyard; / alpaca chickens, bobtail dogs, / and cochin Shanghai sheep.",
"ref": "1910, Abraham Reasor Horne, Horne’s Pennsylvania German Manual, 3rd edition, Allentown: published by T. K. Horne, Pennsylvania German Literature, pages 47, 71, 150:",
"text": "Fĕrshrŭken’r mŏn un ’n bas’r bull. … D’r gros Bull. … ’N brinsl broun’r mooly bull / Mus in d’r sheiăr hof; / Alpăcă hinkĕl, bordsărt hunt / Un kochin shanghei shof.",
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"english": "I used to have the best breeding bull on this side of the river. Occasionally, after he had bred a cow, it produced twins or even triplets. But one day the bull became constipated and could no longer do his work.",
"ref": "2005 July, Richard Druckenbrod, “Bull”, in Charles Richard Beam, Joshua R. Brown, editors, The Comprehensive Pennsylvania German Dictionary, volume 2, Millersville: Millersville University Center for Pennsylvania German Studies, →ISBN, page 185:",
"text": "Ich hab als der bescht Briehbull uff daere Seit vum Rewwer ghatt. Allemol as er en Kuh gebrieht hot, hot's eenswedder Zwillinge odder sogaar Drillinge gewwe. Awwer ee Daag iss der Bull hattleiwich warre unn er hot sei Arewet nimmi schaffe kenne.",
"translation": "I used to have the best breeding bull on this side of the river. Occasionally, after he had bred a cow, it produced twins or even triplets. But one day the bull became constipated and could no longer do his work.",
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"bull (an adult male of domesticated cattle or oxen)"
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"domesticated",
"domesticated#English"
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"ipa": "[b̥ʊl]"
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"rhymes": "-ʊl"
}
],
"word": "Bull"
}
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