byge

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Dutch or Dutch bui.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /byːə/

Noun

byge c (singular definite bygen, plural indefinite byger)

  1. a shower (of rain, hail or snow)

Declension

Declension of byge
common
gender 		singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative byge bygen byger bygerne
genitive byges bygens bygers bygernes

Derived terms

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Dutch or Dutch bui.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbyːɡe/

Noun

byge f or m (definite singular byga or bygen, indefinite plural byger, definite plural bygene)

  1. a gust of wind, squall
  2. a shower (of rain, hail or snow)

Derived terms

References

Old English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *bugī, from Proto-Germanic *bugiz. Cognate with Old High German *bugi (attested in the compound umbibugi) and Old Norse bugr → Icelandic bugur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈby.je/

Noun

byġe m

  1. curve, bend
  2. strait

Declension

Strong i-stem:

singular plural
nominative byġe byġas
accusative byġe byġas
genitive byġes byġa
dative byġe byġum
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