bøn

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bon"

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse bœn, from Proto-Germanic *bōniz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“speak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbœnˀ]

Noun

bøn c (singular definite bønnen, plural indefinite bønner)

1. request, plea
2. prayer

Declension

Declension of bøn

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bøn	bønnen	bønner	bønnerne
genitive	bøns	bønnens	bønners	bønnernes

References

• “bøn” in Den Danske Ordbog

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bøːn]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse bœn, from Proto-Germanic *bōniz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“speak”).

Noun

bøn f (genitive singular bønar, plural bønir)

1. request, plea
2. prayer to God (Gud)

Declension

f2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bøn	bønin	bønir	bønirnar
accusative	bøn	bønina	bønir	bønirnar
dative	bøn	bønini	bønum	bønunum
genitive	bønar	bønarinnar	bøna	bønanna

Related terms

• biðja (to beg, to pray)
• bøna (to pray dearly)

Etymology 2

From Danish bønne, from Old Norse baun, from Proto-Germanic *baunō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰabʰ-, *bʰabʰ-neh₂ (“bean”).

Noun

bøn f (genitive singular bønar, plural bønir)

1. bean

Declension

f2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bøn	bønin	bønir	bønirnar
accusative	bøn	bønina	bønir	bønirnar
dative	bøn	bønini	bønum	bønunum
genitive	bønar	bønarinnar	bøna	bønanna

Synonyms

• bøna

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse bón, bǿn, bœn.

Noun

bøn f (definite singular bøna, indefinite plural bøner, definite plural bønene)

1. alternative form of bønn

References

• “bøn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Swedish

Alternative forms

• ᛒᚯᚿ

Etymology

From Old Norse bœn, from Proto-Germanic *bōniz.

Noun

bø̄n f

1. prayer, boon

Declension

Declension of bø̄n (i-stem)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bø̄n	bø̄nin	bø̄ni(r), -e(r)	bø̄nina(r), bø̄nena(r)
accusative	bø̄n	bø̄nina, -ena	bø̄ni(r), -e(r)	bø̄nina(r), bø̄nena(r)
dative	bø̄n	bø̄ninni, -inne	bø̄num, -om	bø̄numin, -omen
genitive	bø̄na(r)	bø̄ninna(r)	bø̄na	bø̄nanna

Descendants

• Swedish: bön