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): [ˈbœnˀ]

Noun

bøn c (singular definite bønnen, plural indefinite bønner)

  1. request, plea
  2. prayer

Declension
Declension of bøn
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) bønnen bønner bønnerne
genitive bøns bønnens bønners bønnernes

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

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Etymology 2

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

Noun

bøn f (genitive singular bønar, plural bønir)

  1. bean
Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Synonyms

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

Alternative forms
  • ᛒᚯᚿ

Etymology

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

Noun

bø̄n f

  1. prayer, boon

Declension
Declension of bø̄n (i-stem)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) bø̄nin bø̄ni(r), -e(r) bø̄nina(r), bø̄nena(r)
accusative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) bø̄nina, -ena bø̄ni(r), -e(r) bø̄nina(r), bø̄nena(r)
dative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) bø̄ninni, -inne bø̄num, -om bø̄numin, -omen
genitive bø̄na(r) bø̄ninna(r) bø̄na bø̄nanna

Descendants
  • Swedish: bön
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.