bugt

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bokt/, [ˈb̥ɔɡ̊d̥]

Etymology 1

From Middle Low German bocht, from Old Saxon *buht, from Proto-West Germanic *buhti, from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz (“bend, curve”).

See also English bight, Icelandic bót (Swedish bukt and German Bucht are also borrowed from Low German). The noun is derived from the verb *beuganą (“to bend”).

Noun

bugt c (singular definite bugten, plural indefinite bugter)

1. bay, gulf
2. curve

Declension

Declension of bugt

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bugt	bugten	bugter	bugterne
genitive	bugts	bugtens	bugters	bugternes

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

bugt

1. imperative of bugte

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpʏxt/

  Rhymes: -ʏxt

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Middle Low German bucht and Danish bugt (which was also borrowed from the Middle Low German word); both from Old Saxon *buht, from Proto-West Germanic *buhti, from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz. A doublet of the inherited bót.

Noun

bugt f (genitive singular bugtar, nominative plural bugtir)

1. bend, curve
2. bight (area of sea that curves inland)

Declension

Declension of bugt (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bugt	bugtin	bugtir	bugtirnar
accusative	bugt	bugtina	bugtir	bugtirnar
dative	bugt	bugtinni	bugtum	bugtunum
genitive	bugtar	bugtarinnar	bugta	bugtanna

Etymology 2

From bugta (sig) (“to bow”), from Danish bugte (sig) (“to bow”), derived from bugt (“bend, curve”), from Middle Low German bucht (whence Icelandic bugt (1)), from Old Saxon *buht, from Proto-West Germanic *buhti, from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz.

Noun

bugt n (genitive singular bugts, no plural)

1. bowing (bending in respect or deference)

Declension

Declension of bugt (sg-only neuter)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	bugt	bugtið
accusative	bugt	bugtið
dative	bugti	bugtinu
genitive	bugts	bugtsins

References

• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon (1989) “bugt”, in Íslensk orðsifjabók, Reykjavík: Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies, →ISBN (Available at Málið.is under the “Eldri orðabækur” tab.)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

bugt f (definite singular bugti, indefinite plural bugter, definite plural bugterne or bugtene)

1. (pre-1917) alternative form of bukt