Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bollenhut

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bol-len-hut
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A formal headdress with woollen pompoms, worn since about 1750 by Protestant women as part of their folk costume in the three neighbouring Black Forest villages of Gutach, Kirnbach and Hornberg-Reichenbach.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Bollenhut.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Bollenhut

Inflected Forms

Bollenhuts (plural)

Questions

What does bollenhut mean?: A formal headdress with woollen pompoms, worn since about 1750 by Protestant women as part of their folk costume in the three neighbouring Black Forest villages of Gutach, Kirnbach and Hornberg-Reichenbach.
Where does bollenhut come from?: It is traced to German.

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