bøje
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Danish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]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
[edit]bøje c (singular definite bøjen, plural indefinite bøjer)
Declension
[edit]Declension of bøje
Descendants
[edit]- Faroese: boya f
Etymology 2
[edit]From Old Norse beygja (“to bend”), from Proto-Germanic *baugijaną, cognate with German beugen. A causative of *beuganą, *būganą.
Verb
[edit]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
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