Boden

See also: boden and Böden

English

Proper noun

Boden

1. common in Shropshire and the West Midlands area of central England.
2. A town in northern Sweden.

See also

• Boden on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Bonde, boned

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German boden, bodem, from Old High German bodam, from Proto-Germanic *budm-, a variant of *butmaz (whence English bottom, which see for more), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰ-, *bʰudʰmḗn. Cognate with English bottom, Dutch bodem, Hunsrik Boddem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboːdn̩/
• Rhymes: -oːdn̩

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Noun

Boden m (genitive Bodens, plural Böden)

1. (uncountable) ground, soil
   • 2010, Der Spiegel, issue 28/2010, page 70:

     Die erste Staatspleite auf europäischem Boden seit Jahrzehnten konnte nur verhindert werden, weil die übrigen Länder der Euro-Zone dem strauchelnden Mitglied mit Milliarden-Krediten beisprangen.

     The first state bankruptcy on European soil since decades could only be avoided because the remaining countries of the euro zone came to the stumbling member's assistance with billions in credit.

2. (uncountable) sea bottom (typically called Meeresboden)
3. (countable) any defined type of soil
4. (countable) floor
5. (countable) attic, garret, loft
6. (countable, colloquial) flooring, floor cover (often used in this sense in compound nouns: Teppichboden, Parkettboden)

Derived terms

• Bodenbearbeitung
• Bodenbelag
• Bodenfarbe
• bodenlang
• bodenlos
• Bodenstruktur
• Bodentemperatur
• bodentief
• Dachboden
• Erdboden
• Felsboden
• Fußboden
• Meeresboden
• Nachtigallenboden
• Nährboden
• Sandboden
• Steinboden

 

See also

• Grund
• Flur
• Senke
• Tal

Further reading

• “Boden” in Duden online

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Swedish

Proper noun

Boden

1. Boden, a town in northern Sweden

Anagrams

• bonde