bøn

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bon"

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbønˀ]

Noun

bøn c (singular definite bønnen, plural indefinite bønner)

  1. request, plea
  2. prayer

Declension

References

Faroese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [bøːn]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

bøn f (genitive singular bønar, plural bønir)

  1. request, plea
  2. prayer to God (Gud)

Declension

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

Etymology 2

From Danish bønne, from Old Norse baun, from Proto-Germanic *baunō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ-, *bʰabʰ-eh₂- (“bean”).

Noun

bøn f (genitive singular bønar, plural bønir)

  1. bean

Synonyms

Declension

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse bón, bǿn, bœn.

Noun

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

  1. alternative form of bønn

References

Old Swedish

Etymology

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

Noun

bø̄n f

  1. prayer, boon

Declension

Descendants

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