Meaning of sill | Babel Free
/sɪl/Definitioner
herring
common-gender
Ekvivalenter
English
Atlantic herring
Exempel
“inlagd sill”
pickled herring
“sill och färskpotatis”
[pickled] herring and new potatoes [common Midsummer Eve food]
“Hallå där, köp blåbär Hallå där en gång till, köp en rutten sill Hallå där många gånger, köp dubbla långkalsonger”
Hello there, buy blueberries Hello there one more time, buy a rotten herring Hello there many times, buy double long johns [a nursery rhyme with several variations for the last line]
“April april, din dumma sill, jag kan lura dig vart jag vill!”
April April, you stupid herring, I can trick you [to] wherever I want! [or "lure you wherever I want," but "lura" has a less sinister tone of trick/fool in Swedish] [a rhyme used like "April Fools!"]
CEFR-nivå
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.