hål

From Old Swedish hul, hol, from Old Norse hol, from Proto-Germanic *hulą, from Proto-Indo-European *kuH-, *kewH-.

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hål n

1. a hole (in the ground)

   Se upp för det där hålet i marken.

   Watch out for the hole in the ground.

2. a hole, an opening in something solid

   Det är ett hål i hinken.

   There is a hole in the bucket.

3. a hole, a weakness, a flaw

   Hon slog hål på hans teori.

   She punched a hole in his theory.

4. a hole (in a tooth)
5. (golf) a hole, a part of a golf course or game leading up to a hole
6. (physics) a hole; in semiconductors, a lack of an electron in an occupied band behaving like a positively charged particle

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