Bult

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English

Etymology

  • As a Dutch surname, from several placenames derived from bult (“bump, hump”).
  • As an English and Dutch surname, variant of Bolt.

Proper noun

Bult (plural Bults)

  1. A surname from Dutch.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Bult is the 40016th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 548 individuals. Bult is most common among White (96.17%) individuals.

Further reading

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

16th century, from Middle Low German bult, bülte, from Proto-West Germanic *bulti, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, inflate, swell”). Cognate with Dutch bult.

Pronunciation

Noun

Bult m (strong or mixed, genitive Bultes or Bults, plural Bulte or Bulten) or
Bult f (genitive Bult, plural Bulten)

  1. (Northern Germany) a hill of dry terrain in bog or marshland

Declension

Declension of Bult
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Bult die Bulte, Bulten
genitive eines des Bultes, Bults der Bulte, Bulten
dative einem dem Bult, Bulte1 den Bulten
accusative einen den Bult die Bulte, Bulten

1Now rare, see notes.

Declension of Bult
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Bult die Bulten
genitive einer der Bult der Bulten
dative einer der Bult den Bulten
accusative eine die Bult die Bulten
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