bugt

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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
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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)
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    Declension of bugt
f-s2 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)
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    Declension of bugt
n-s singular
indefinite definite
nominative bugt bugtið
accusative bugt bugtið
dative bugti bugtinu
genitive bugts bugtsins

References

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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