bøk

See also: bok, bók, and bök

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• bok (Noun 2)

Etymology

From Old Norse bók (“beech, book”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos (“beech”).

Noun

bøk m (definite singular bøken, indefinite plural bøker, definite plural bøkene)

1. a beech (tree)

References

• “bøk” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bøːk/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bók (“beech, book”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos (“beech”). Akin to English beech.

Noun

bøk m (definite singular bøken, indefinite plural bøkar, definite plural bøkane)

1. a beech (tree)

References

• “bøk” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology 2

Noun

bøk f

1. (dialectal, Trøndelag dialect) indefinite plural of bok