botn

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse botn, from Proto-Germanic *butmaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔhtn/

Noun

botn m (genitive singular botns, nominative plural botnar)

  1. bottom (lowest part of something)
  2. the innermost part of a landform such as a valley or fjord
  3. the latter half of a verse
  4. bottom (buttocks)

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse botn

Noun

botn m (definite singular botnen, indefinite plural botner, definite plural botnene)

  1. a cirque (depression in a mountainside formed by glacial erosion)
  2. bottom, alternative form of bunn

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse botn. Akin to English bottom.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔtn̩/

Noun

botn m (definite singular botnen, indefinite plural botnar, definite plural botnane)

  1. bottom
  2. a cirque (depression in a mountainside formed by glacial erosion)

Derived terms

References

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