"Bille" meaning in German

See Bille in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Audio: De-Bille.ogg Forms: die Bille [canonical, feminine], der Bille [definite, genitive]
Etymology: First mentioned in 1075 as Bilena. According to Albrecht Greule, of native Germanic origin and from some derivation of Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“white, bright”). Or, from a Slavic derivation of the same root, similar to the river Biela. Etymology templates: {{der|de|gem|-}} Germanic, {{der|de|ine-pro|*bʰel-|id=blaze|t=white, bright}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“white, bright”), {{der|de|sla|-}} Slavic Head templates: {{de-proper noun|f.article}} die Bille f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Bille)
  1. a tributary of the Elbe River, Germany Tags: definite, proper-noun, usually Categories (place): Places in Germany, Rivers in Germany
    Sense id: en-Bille-de-name-8fizn6QZ Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 91 9
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Audio: De-Bille.ogg
Etymology: Related to Beil. Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Bille f (genitive Bille, plural Billen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Bille [genitive], Billen [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Bille [nominative, singular], Billen [definite, nominative, plural], Bille [genitive, singular], Billen [definite, genitive, plural], Bille [dative, singular], Billen [dative, definite, plural], Bille [accusative, singular], Billen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (obsolete) penis Tags: feminine, obsolete
    Sense id: en-Bille-de-noun-9pUtbu9V
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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