Boden

== English == === Etymology === As a north/Low German surname, derived from the personal name Bode, from the noun meaning "messenger" (Old Saxon bodo). As a German surname, from the noun Boden (“bottom”). Compare Bottom. As a Swedish surname, from the noun bod (“small hut”). Compare Bodin. As an Irish surname, from Ó Buadáin (“descendant of Buadán”), see Bowden. As an English surname, variant of Bawden. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbəʊdən/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈboʊdən/ Rhymes: -əʊdən Homophones: Bowden, Bowdon === Proper noun === Boden An English surname common in Shropshire and the West Midlands area of central England. A town and municipality in Norrbotten County, northern Sweden. A municipality in Westerwaldkreis district, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. An unincorporated community in Preemption Township, Mercer County, Illinois, United States. An unincorporated community in Guernsey County, Ohio, United States, named after William E. Boden. ==== Derived terms ==== Boden's mate ==== Translations ==== === See also === Boden on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Bonde, boned == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German boden, bodem, from Old High German bodam, from Proto-West Germanic *bodm, from Proto-Germanic *budm-, a variant of *butmaz (whence English bottom, which see for more), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn. Cognate with English bottom, Dutch bodem, Hunsrik Boddem. Doublet of Bodden, a loanword from Low German. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈboːdn̩/ Rhymes: -oːdn̩ === Noun === Boden m (strong, genitive Bodens, plural Böden) (uncountable) ground, soil heiliger Boden ― hallowed ground (uncountable) sea bottom (typically called Meeresboden) (countable) any defined type of soil (countable) floor (countable) attic, garret, loft (countable, colloquial) flooring, floor cover (often used in this sense in compound nouns: Teppichboden, Parkettboden) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== Grund Flur Senke Tal === Further reading === “Boden” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Boden” in Duden online “Boden” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Boden”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891 == Swedish == === Etymology === The dative plural Bodom is attested 1543, a definite form of the plural of boden, from bod (“shed, shack”), possibly referring to shacks in the village. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbuːdɛn/ === Proper noun === Boden n (genitive Bodens) a town and municipality of Norrbotten County, in northern Sweden === References === === Anagrams === bonde