bøk

See also: bok, bók, and bök

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

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

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

Etymology 2

Noun

bøk f

  1. (dialectal, Trøndelag) indefinite plural of bok
References
  • Jon Asphjell (1990), Orkdalsmålet (in Norwegian), page 38
  • Ingeborg Donali (1988), Oppdaling (in Norwegian), page 53
  • Olaf Havdal (1968), Meldal bygdebok : Bygdesoga til ikring 1700 (in Norwegian), page 422