böna

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bona"

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish bøna, bøn, from Old Norse baun, from Proto-Germanic *baunō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ-, *bʰabʰ-eh₂-. The final -a was added under Middle Low German influence.

Noun

böna c

1. a bean

   vita bönor

   baked [white] beans

   bruna bönor med fläsk

   brown beans with pork belly (a husmanskost dish)

2. (slang, somewhat dated) a babe, a chick ((younger) woman)

Usage notes

Baked beans are "vita bönor i tomatsås" (navy/white beans in tomato sauce), often shortened to "vita bönor."

Declension

Declension of böna

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	böna	bönas
	definite	bönan	bönans
plural	indefinite	bönor	bönors
	definite	bönorna	bönornas

Derived terms

• bondböna (“broad bean, fava bean”)
• brun böna (“brown bean”)
• böngrodd (“bean sprout”)
• kaffeböna (“coffee bean”)
• kidneyböna (“kidney bean”)
• mungböna (“mung bean”)
• pintoböna (“pinto bean”)
• sojaböna (“soybean”)
• svart böna (“black bean”)
• vit böna (“navy bean, haricot bean, white bean”)

Etymology 2

From bön (“prayer”) +‎ -a.

Verb

böna (present bönar, preterite bönade, supine bönat, imperative böna)

2. to plead (beg desperately)

   Hon bönade för sitt liv.

   She pleaded for her life.

Conjugation

Conjugation of böna (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	böna		bönas
supine	bönat		bönats
imperative	böna		—
imper. plural1	bönen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	bönar	bönade	bönas	bönades
ind. plural1	böna	bönade	bönas	bönades
subjunctive2	böne	bönade	bönes	bönades
present participle		bönande
past participle		bönad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• böna och be (“to beg and plead”)

Etymology 3

Likely related to bona (“to wax or polish a floor”).

Verb

böna (present bönar, preterite bönade, supine bönat, imperative böna)

2. (archaic) to purify wooden buckets or utensils with abstract of juniper (enlag), to remove any taste they have taken on from previous contents

   Byttor, baljor och såar, som skola begagnas vid byk och slakt, böra först renskuras både inuti och utanpå med sand och vatten, innan de bönas.

   Bowls, casks, and tubs to be used for washing or slaughter, should first be cleaned inside and out with sand and water, before they are purified.

Conjugation

Conjugation of böna (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	böna		bönas
supine	bönat		bönats
imperative	böna		—
imper. plural1	bönen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	bönar	bönade	bönas	bönades
ind. plural1	böna	bönade	bönas	bönades
subjunctive2	böne	bönade	bönes	bönades
present participle		bönande
past participle		bönad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

References

• “böna”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• böna in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)