See also: bug, buug, búg, and büg

English

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Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Bug

  1. A river flowing northwest 450 miles between Belarus and Poland.
  2. A river in Ukraine (Southern Bug), flowing 530 miles to the Dnieper estuary.
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Noun

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Bug (plural Bugs)

  1. (US, slang) A Volkswagen Beetle car.
    Synonym: Beetle

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Bug (plural Bugs)

  1. (slang) A Bugatti car.

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German

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Etymology 1

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From Middle High German buoc (animal shoulder), from Old High German buog (animal shoulder), from Proto-West Germanic *bōgu, from Proto-Germanic *bōguz (arm; shoulder).

The common contemporary meaning bow stems via Low German from Middle Low German bôch, from Old Saxon bōg. More at bough.

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Bug m (strong, genitive Buges or Bugs, plural Buge or Büge)

  1. (nautical, aviation) bow, prow (of a ship), nose (of an aircraft)
    Antonym: Heck
  2. shoulder joint (of an animal)
  3. joist, joint (in woodwork)
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English bug.

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Bug m (strong, genitive Bugs, plural Bugs)

  1. (computing) bug
    Synonyms: Fehler, Programmierfehler
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Bug m (proper noun, strong, genitive Bugs)

  1. Bug (rivers in Eastern Europe)

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Bug f

  1. (nautical) bow, prow (of a ship)

Polish

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Bug

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Etymology 1

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Derived from Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽 (biugan). Compare Russian Буг (Bug). Doublet of biga and Boh.

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Bug m inan (related adjective bużański)

  1. Bug, Western Bug (a river in Belarus, Poland and Ukraine)
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

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Bug f

  1. genitive plural of Buga

References

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  • Spring, P. (2015). Great Walls & Linear Barriers. United Kingdom: Pen & Sword Books

Further reading

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  • Bug in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Bug in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Bug in PWN's encyclopedia