bøg

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bog"

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse bók (“beech, book”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos (“beech”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈb̥øːˀɪ̯]

Noun

bøg c (singular definite bøgen, plural indefinite bøge)

beech (tree)

Declension

Declension of bøg

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bøg	bøgen	bøger	bøgerne
genitive	bøgs	bøgens	bøgers	bøgernes

Synonyms

bøgetræ

Further reading

“bøg” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Swedish bög

Noun

bøg m

(slightly colloquial, sometimes derogatory) a male homosexual; gay, fag, queer, poof

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