German

Noun

Bogen m ‎(genitive Bogens, plural Bögen or Bogen, diminutive Bögelchen n)

1. bow (weapon)
2. (music) bow (for playing stringed instruments)
3. (architecture) arch
4. (geometry) curve, arc
5. sheet (of paper)

Usage notes

• The normal plural is Bögen. This form is marked as southern in many dictionaries, but has now become the predominant form in the northern half of the language area, too.
• The unchanged plural Bogen is still predominant in some compound words (such as Regenbogen or Ellenbogen), but less common otherwise.

Declension

Related terms

• biegen
• gebogen

Derived terms

See also

• Pfeil m

Danish

Noun

bogen c

1. singular definite of bog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboːɣə(n)/
• Rhymes: -oːɣən

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch bogen, further etymology uncertain. Cognate only with Old Frisian bāgia.

Verb

bogen

1. (intransitive) to claim recognition [+ op (object) = for]

Inflection

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch bogen, from Old Dutch *bōgen, from Proto-Germanic *baugijaną.

Verb

bogen

1. (transitive) to (cause to) bend

Inflection

Etymology 3

Non-lemma forms.

Noun

bogen

1. Plural form of boog

Verb

bogen

1. plural past indicative and subjunctive of buigen

Anagrams

• begon

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈboːɡŋ̩/, /ˈboːɡən/

Verb

bogen

1. First-person plural preterite of biegen.
2. Third-person plural preterite of biegen.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

bogen m

1. definite singular of boge

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

bogen m

1. definite singular of boge

Swedish

Noun

bogen

1. definite singular of bog