Bug

See also: bug, buug, búg, and büg

English

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Proper noun

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.

Alternative forms

• Buh

Translations

river between Belarus and Poland

• Armenian: Բուգ (hy) (Bug)
• Polish: Bug (pl) m inan
• Russian: Буг (ru) m (Bug)

Etymology 2

Noun

Bug (plural Bugs)

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

   Synonym: Beetle

Etymology 3

Noun

Bug (plural Bugs)

1. (slang) A Bugatti car.

Anagrams

• GBU, gub

German

Etymology 1

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buːk/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /buːx/ (northern and central Germany; becoming rare for this particular word)

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• Rhymes: -uːk, -uːx
• Homophones: buk (standard), Buch (regional)

Noun

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)

Declension

Declension of Bug [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Bug	die	Buge, Büge
genitive	eines	des	Buges, Bugs	der	Buge, Büge
dative	einem	dem	Bug, Buge1	den	Bugen, Bügen
accusative	einen	den	Bug	die	Buge, Büge

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Gebüge n
• ein Schuss vor den Bug (“Warnung”)
• vom Heck zum Bug (“von hinten bis vorne”)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bug.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bak/

• (file)

• Homophones: back, Back

Noun

Bug m (strong, genitive Bugs, plural Bugs)

1. (computing) bug

   Synonyms: Fehler, Programmierfehler

Declension

Declension of Bug [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Bug	die	Bugs
genitive	eines	des	Bugs	der	Bugs
dative	einem	dem	Bug	den	Bugs
accusative	einen	den	Bug	die	Bugs

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buːk/, /bʊk/

Proper noun

Bug m (proper noun, strong, genitive Bugs)

1. Bug (rivers in Eastern Europe)

Further reading

• “Bug, Schiffsvorderteil” in Duden online
• “Bug, Programmierfehler” in Duden online
• “Bug, Fluss in Osteuropa” in Duden online
• “Bug” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Bug” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

Plautdietsch

Noun

Bug f

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

Polish

Etymology

From Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽 (biugan), as Goths lived near the river. Compare Russian Буг (Bug).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buk/

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• Rhymes: -uk
• Syllabification: Bug
• Homophones: Bóg, bóg, buk

Proper noun

Bug m inan

1. Bug (a river in eastern Poland, a tributary of the Narew)

Declension

Declension of Bug

	singular
nominative	Bug
genitive	Bugu
dative	Bugowi
accusative	Bug
instrumental	Bugiem
locative	Bugu
vocative	Bugu

References

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

Further reading

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