bøn

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "bon"

Danish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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 bøn bønnen bønner bønnerne
genitive bøns bønnens bønners bønnernes

References

Faroese

Pronunciation

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-neh₂ (“bean”).

Noun

bøn f (genitive singular bønar, plural bønir)

  1. bean
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
Synonyms

Norwegian Nynorsk

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

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

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 bø̄n bø̄nin bø̄ni(r), -e(r) bø̄nina(r), bø̄nena(r)
accusative bø̄n bø̄nina, -ena bø̄ni(r), -e(r) bø̄nina(r), bø̄nena(r)
dative bø̄n bø̄ninni, -inne bø̄num, -om bø̄numin, -omen
genitive bø̄na(r) bø̄ninna(r) bø̄na bø̄nanna

Descendants

  • Swedish: bön
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