Bug

See also: bug

English

Wikipedia

Proper noun

Bug

1. the Bug River, flowing northwest 450 mi. between Belarus and Poland.
2. the Bug River in the Ukraine, flowing 530 mi. to the Dnieper estuary.

Synonyms

• Buh

Translations

river between Belarus and Poland

• Polish: Bug m

• Russian: Буг m (Bug)

Anagrams

• gub

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German buoc (“animal shoulder”), from Old High German buog (“animal shoulder”). The common contemporary meaning (“bow”) stems via German Low German from cognate Middle Low German bōch, from Old Saxon bōg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buːk/ (standard)
• IPA^(key): /buːx/ (northern and central Germany; becoming rare for this particular word)
• Rhymes: -uːk, -uːx
• Homophone: Buch (substandard)

Noun

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

1. bow (of a ship)
2. nose (of an aircraft)
3. shoulder joint (of an animal)
4. joist, joint (in woodwork)

Declension

declension of Bug

	singular			plural
m gender	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Bug	die	Buge
genitive	eines	des	Buges, Bugs	der	Buge
dative	einem	dem	Bug, Buge (archaic)	den	Bugen
accusative	einen	den	Bug	die	Buge

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [buk]

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• Homophones: Bóg, bóg, buk

Proper noun

Bug m

1. the Bug river

Declension

declension of Bug

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