Bug

See also: bug, buug, búg, büg, and bůg

English

Pronunciation
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Etymology 1

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Proper noun

Bug

  1. A river flowing northwest 450 miles between Belarus and Poland.
  2. A river in Ukraine, flowing 530 miles to the Dnieper estuary.

Alternative forms
Translations

Noun

Bug (plural Bugs)

  1. (slang) A Volkswagen Beetle car.

Noun

Bug (plural Bugs)

  1. (slang) A Bugatti car.

Anagrams

German

Etymology

From Middle High German buoc (“animal shoulder”), from Old High German buog (“animal shoulder”), from Proto-Germanic *bōguz (“arm; shoulder”). The common contemporary meaning (“bow”) stems via German Low German from cognate Middle Low German bôch, from Old Saxon bōg. More at bough.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /buːk/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /buːx/ (northern and central Germany; becoming rare for this particular word)
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -uːk, -uːx
  • Homophone: Buch (nonstandard)

Noun

Bug m (genitive Buges or Bugs, plural Buge or Büge)

  1. (nautical) bow, prow (of a ship)
  2. nose (of an aircraft)
  3. shoulder joint (of an animal)
  4. joist, joint (in woodwork)

Declension
Declension of Bug
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Bug die Buge
genitive eines des Buges,
Bugs		 der Buge
dative einem dem Bug,
Buge1		 den Bugen
accusative einen den Bug die Buge
1Now uncommon, see notes
Declension of Bug
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Bug die Büge
genitive eines des Buges,
Bugs		 der Büge
dative einem dem Bug,
Buge1		 den Bügen
accusative einen den Bug die Büge
1Now uncommon, see notes

Antonyms
  • Heck (end of a ship)

Plautdietsch

Noun

Bug f

  1. (nautical) bow, prow (of a ship)

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /buk/
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  • Homophones: Bóg, bóg, buk

Proper noun

Bug m inan

  1. the Bug river

Declension
declension of Bug
singular
nominative Bug
genitive Bugu
dative Bugowi
accusative Bug
instrumental Bugiem
locative Bugu
vocative Bugu

Further reading
  • Bug in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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