baukur

Icelandic

Noun

baukur m (genitive singular bauks, nominative plural baukar)

  1. box
  2. container for change; a piggy bank (sparibaukur) or a collection box (söfnunarbaukur)
  3. box (a closed container keeping pills or ointment)
    Synonym: gós
  4. a small container for snuff made from horn or wood

Declension

Declension of baukur (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative baukur baukurinn baukar baukarnir
accusative bauk baukinn bauka baukana
dative bauk, bauki bauknum baukum baukunum
genitive bauks bauksins bauka baukanna

Derived terms

  • fá á baukinn (“to be scolded”)

See also

  • aurabaukur
  • bankabaukur
  • blikkbaukur
  • desbaukur
  • gullbaukur
  • ilmbaukur
  • nestisbaukur
  • oblátubaukur
  • peningabaukur
  • pjáturbaukur
  • púðurbaukur
  • rákabaukur
  • samskotabaukur
  • smyrslabaukur
  • sparibaukur
  • sparnaðarbaukur
  • söfnunarbaukur
  • tóbaksbaukur
  • trébaukur
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