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Bent

See also: bent and ben't

English edit

 
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Etymology edit

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Proper noun edit

Bent (plural Bents)

  1. A surname

Derived terms edit

Danish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Medieval contraction of Late Latin Benedictus. Cognate with Swedish Bengt.

Proper noun edit

Bent

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Benedict

Related terms edit

References edit

  • [1] Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 43 180 males with the given name Bent have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1930s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Attested as bent in 1615. Derived from bent (“moor grass, Molinia sp.”).

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: Bent

Proper noun edit

Bent n

  1. A hamlet in Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

References edit

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “bent”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎[2] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

Norwegian edit

Etymology edit

From Danish Bent, c. 1400.

Proper noun edit

Bent

  1. a male given name, equivalent to English Benedict
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