Danish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bokt/, [ˈb̥ɔɡ̊d̥]

Etymology 1

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From Middle Low German bocht, from Old Saxon *buht, from Proto-West Germanic *buhti, from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz (bend, curve).

See also English bight, Icelandic bót (Swedish bukt and German Bucht are also borrowed from Low German). The noun is derived from the verb *beuganą (to bend).

Noun

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bugt c (singular definite bugten, plural indefinite bugter)

  1. bay, gulf
  2. curve
Declension
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Declension of bugt
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bugt bugten bugter bugterne
genitive bugts bugtens bugters bugternes

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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bugt

  1. imperative of bugte

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Middle Low German bucht and Danish bugt (which was also borrowed from the Middle Low German word); both from Old Saxon *buht, from Proto-West Germanic *buhti, from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz. A doublet of the inherited bót.

Noun

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bugt f (genitive singular bugtar, nominative plural bugtir)

  1. bend, curve
  2. bight (area of sea that curves inland)
Declension
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Declension of bugt (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bugt bugtin bugtir bugtirnar
accusative bugt bugtina bugtir bugtirnar
dative bugt bugtinni bugtum bugtunum
genitive bugtar bugtarinnar bugta bugtanna

Etymology 2

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From bugta (sig) (to bow), from Danish bugte (sig) (to bow), derived from bugt (bend, curve), from Middle Low German bucht (whence Icelandic bugt (1)), from Old Saxon *buht, from Proto-West Germanic *buhti, from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz.

Noun

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bugt n (genitive singular bugts, no plural)

  1. bowing (bending in respect or deference)
Declension
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Declension of bugt (sg-only neuter)
singular
indefinite definite
nominative bugt bugtið
accusative bugt bugtið
dative bugti bugtinu
genitive bugts bugtsins

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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bugt f (definite singular bugti, indefinite plural bugter, definite plural bugterne or bugtene)

  1. (pre-1917) alternative form of bukt