bøye
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old French boye and Middle Low German boye.
Noun edit
bøye m (definite singular bøyen, indefinite plural bøyer, definite plural bøyene)
- a buoy
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Dutch or Middle Dutch bui.
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
bøye f or m (definite singular bøya or bøyen, indefinite plural bøyer, definite plural bøyene)
Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
bøye (imperative bøy, present tense bøyer, simple past bøyet or bøyde, past participle bøyet or bøyd, present participle bøyende)
- to bend (cause something to change its shape, change one's shape)
- to bow
- to diffract
- to conjugate / inflect
Derived terms edit
References edit
- “bøye” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old French boye and Middle Low German boye.
Noun edit
bøye f or m (definite singular bøyen or bøya, indefinite plural bøyar or bøyer, definite plural bøyane or bøyene)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Norse beygja, from Proto-Germanic *baugijaną.
Verb edit
bøye (present tense bøyer, past tense bøygde, supine bøygd or bøygt, past participle bøygd, present participle bøyande, imperative bøy)
- alternative form of bøya
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
bøye f (definite singular bøya, indefinite plural bøyer, definite plural bøyene)
- alternative form of bye
References edit
- “bøye” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.