bøn

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Danish

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Old Norse bœn, from Proto-Germanic *bōniz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (speak).

Pronunciation

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

bøn c (singular definite bønnen, plural indefinite bønner)

  1. request, plea
  2. prayer

Declension

[edit]

References

[edit]

Faroese

[edit]

Pronunciation

[edit]

Etymology 1

[edit]

From Old Norse bœn, from Proto-Germanic *bōniz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (speak).

Noun

[edit]

bøn f (genitive singular bønar, plural bønir)

  1. request, plea
  2. prayer to God (Gud)
Declension
[edit]
Declension of bøn
f2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bøn bønin bønir bønirnar
accusative bøn bønina bønir bønirnar
dative bøn bønini bønum bønunum
genitive bønar bønarinnar bøna bønanna
[edit]

Etymology 2

[edit]

From Danish bønne, from Old Norse baun, from Proto-Germanic *baunō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ-, *bʰabʰ-neh₂ (bean).

Noun

[edit]

bøn f (genitive singular bønar, plural bønir)

  1. bean
Declension
[edit]
Declension of bøn
f2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative bøn bønin bønir bønirnar
accusative bøn bønina bønir bønirnar
dative bøn bønini bønum bønunum
genitive bønar bønarinnar bøna bønanna
Synonyms
[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk

[edit]
Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

[edit]

From Old Norse bón, bǿn, bœn.

Noun

[edit]

bøn f (definite singular bøna, indefinite plural bøner, definite plural bønene)

  1. alternative form of bønn

References

[edit]

Old Swedish

[edit]

Alternative forms

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Old Norse bœn, from Proto-Germanic *bōniz.

Noun

[edit]

bø̄n f

  1. prayer, boon

Declension

[edit]

Descendants

[edit]
  • Swedish: bön