bøje

== Danish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɔjə/, [ˈb̥ʌɪ] === Etymology 1 === From Middle Low German boie, Middle Dutch boeye, from Old French buie (“fetter, chain”) (French bouée). This word is probably borrowed from Frankish *baukn, cognate with English beacon and Old Frisian bāken. Doublet of bavn and båke). ==== Noun ==== bøje c (singular definite bøjen, plural indefinite bøjer) buoy ===== Declension ===== ===== Descendants ===== Faroese: boya f === Etymology 2 === From Old Norse beygja (“to bend”), from Proto-Germanic *baugijaną, cognate with German beugen. A causative of *beuganą, *būganą. ==== Verb ==== bøje (imperative bøj, infinitive at bøje, present tense bøjer, past tense bøjede, perfect tense har bøjet) (transitive and intransitive) to bend (grammar) to inflect (reflexive) to bow ===== Conjugation =====