Bug
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (General Australian): (file)
Etymology 1
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun
[edit]Bug
- A river flowing northwest 450 miles between Belarus and Poland.
- A river in Ukraine (Southern Bug), flowing 530 miles to the Dnieper estuary.
Alternative forms
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[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]Bug (plural Bugs)
- (US, slang) A Volkswagen Beetle car.
- Synonym: Beetle
Etymology 3
[edit]Noun
[edit]Bug (plural Bugs)
Anagrams
[edit]German
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle High German buoc (“animal shoulder”), from Old High German buog (“animal shoulder”), from Proto-West Germanic *bōgu, from Proto-Germanic *bōguz (“arm; shoulder”).
The common contemporary meaning bow stems via Low German from Middle Low German bôch, from Old Saxon bōg. More at bough.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /buːk/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /buːx/ (northern and central Germany; becoming rare for this particular word)
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -uːk, -uːx
- Homophones: buk (standard), Buch (regional)
Noun
[edit]Bug m (strong, genitive Buges or Bugs, plural Buge or Büge)
- (nautical, aviation) bow, prow (of a ship), nose (of an aircraft)
- Antonym: Heck
- shoulder joint (of an animal)
- joist, joint (in woodwork)
Declension
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- Gebüge n
- ein Schuss vor den Bug (“Warnung”)
- vom Heck zum Bug (“von hinten bis vorne”)
Etymology 2
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Bug m (strong, genitive Bugs, plural Bugs)
- (computing) bug
- Synonyms: Fehler, Programmierfehler
Declension
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Bug m (proper noun, strong, genitive Bugs)
- Bug (rivers in Eastern Europe)
Further reading
[edit]- “Bug, Schiffsvorderteil” in Duden online
- “Bug, Programmierfehler” in Duden online
- “Bug, Fluss in Osteuropa” in Duden online
- “Bug” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Bug” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
Plautdietsch
[edit]Noun
[edit]Bug f
Polish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈbuk/
Audio 1: (file) Audio 2: (file) - Rhymes: -uk
- Syllabification: Bug
- Homophones: Bóg, bóg, buk, Buk
Etymology 1
[edit]Derived from Gothic 𐌱𐌹𐌿𐌲𐌰𐌽 (biugan). Compare Russian Буг (Bug). Doublet of biga and Boh.
Proper noun
[edit]Bug m inan (related adjective bużański)
- Bug, Western Bug (a river in Belarus, Poland and Ukraine)
Declension
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Proper noun
[edit]Bug f
References
[edit]- Spring, P. (2015). Great Walls & Linear Barriers. United Kingdom: Pen & Sword Books
Further reading
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- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Rivers in Ukraine
- en:Places in Ukraine
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- American English
- English slang
- en:Automobiles
- en:Rivers in Belarus
- en:Rivers in Poland
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German terms derived from Low German
- German terms derived from Middle Low German
- German terms derived from Old Saxon
- German 1-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:German/uːk
- Rhymes:German/uːk/1 syllable
- Rhymes:German/uːx
- German terms with homophones
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German masculine nouns
- de:Nautical
- de:Aviation
- German terms borrowed from English
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- de:Computing
- German proper nouns
- Plautdietsch lemmas
- Plautdietsch nouns
- Plautdietsch feminine nouns
- pdt:Nautical
- Plautdietsch 1-syllable words
- Polish 1-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/uk
- Rhymes:Polish/uk/1 syllable
- Polish terms with homophones
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- Polish terms derived from Gothic
- Polish doublets
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- Polish inanimate nouns
- pl:Rivers in Belarus
- pl:Rivers in Poland
- pl:Rivers in Ukraine
- pl:Places in Belarus
- pl:Places in Poland
- pl:Places in Ukraine
- Polish singularia tantum
- Polish non-lemma forms
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