buskage

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Low German buschkasche, from Old French boschage, from Vulgar Latin *boscāticum, from Latin boscus (“bush”), from Frankish *busk, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush; thicket”). First attested in 1658.

Cognate with English boscage, Danish buskads, Norwegian Bokmål buskas, and Norwegian Nynorsk buskas.

Noun

buskage n

  1. a (dense) collection of shrubs or bushes; a shrubbery or a thicket

Usage notes

Usually planted.

Declension

Declension of buskage
nominative genitive
singular indefinite buskage buskages
definite buskaget buskagets
plural indefinite buskage buskages
definite buskagen buskagens

References

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