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Danish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Low German boie, Middle Dutch boeye, from Old French buie (“fetter, chain”) (French bouée). This word is probably borrowed from Frankish *baukn, cognate with English beacon and Old Frisian bāken. Doublet of bavn and båke).
Noun
bøje c (singular definite bøjen, plural indefinite bøjer)
- buoy
Declension
Descendants
Etymology 2
From Old Norse beygja (“to bend”), from Proto-Germanic *baugijaną, cognate with German beugen. A causative of *beuganą, *būganą.
Verb
bøje (imperative bøj, infinitive at bøje, present tense bøjer, past tense bøjede, perfect tense har bøjet)
- (transitive and intransitive) to bend
- (grammar) to inflect
- (reflexive) to bow
Bøj dig for kongen!- Bow before the king!
Jeg bøjer mig for din erfaring.- I bow to your experience.
Conjugation