Bug

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bug"

English

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Australia):(file)

Etymology 1

From the Slavic hydronym *bugъ / *buga.

Proper noun

the Bug

  1. An East European river which flows northwest 450 miles through Belarus, Poland and Ukraine into the Baltic Sea. (Western Bug).
  2. A river in Ukraine (Southern Bug), flowing 530 miles to the Dnieper estuary.
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Etymology 2

Noun

Bug (plural Bugs)

  1. (US, slang) A Volkswagen Beetle car.
    Synonym: Beetle

Etymology 3

Noun

Bug (plural Bugs)

  1. (slang) A Bugatti car.

Anagrams

German

Etymology 1

From Middle High German buoc (“animal shoulder”), from Old High German buog (“animal shoulder”), from Proto-West Germanic *bōgu, from Proto-Germanic *bōguz (“arm; shoulder”). More at English bough.

The common contemporary meaning “bow” (early 17th c.) is a semantic loan from Middle Low German bôch, from Old Saxon bōg, from the same Germanic noun.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buːk/ (standard)
    • Audio:(file)
  • IPA(key): /buːx/ (northern and central Germany, becoming rare for this word)
  • Rhymes: -uːk, -uːx
  • Homophones: buk (standard), Buch (regional)

Noun

Bug m (strong, genitive Buges or Bugs, plural Buge or Büge)

  1. (nautical, aviation) bow, prow (of a ship), nose (of an aircraft)
    Antonym: Heck
  2. (hunting, veterinary medicine) shoulder joint (of an animal)
  3. (carpentry) joist, joint
Declension
Declension of Bug [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Bug die Buge, Büge
genitive eines des Buges, Bugs der Buge, Büge
dative einem dem Bug, Buge1 den Bugen, Bügen
accusative einen den Bug die Buge, Büge

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle High German buoc, deverbal from biegen.

Pronunciation

  • Like etymology 1 above.

Noun

Bug m (strong, genitive Buges or Bugs, plural Büge)

  1. (dated, rare) synonym of Biegung (“curve, place or way of bending”)
    • 1930, Otto Zarek, Begierde – Roman einer Weltstadtjugend, Paul Zsolnay, page 107:
      Das Mädchen blickte sich im Bug der dunklen Straße noch einmal um; [...].
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (obsolete or dialectal) crease
Declension
Declension of Bug [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Bug die Büge
genitive eines des Buges, Bugs der Büge
dative einem dem Bug, Buge1 den Bügen
accusative einen den Bug die Büge

1Now rare, see notes.

Descendants
  • → Czech: puk
  • → Slovak: puk

Etymology 3

    Borrowed from English bug.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /bak/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Homophones: back, Back

    Noun

    Bug m (strong, genitive Bugs, plural Bugs)

    1. (computing) bug
      Synonyms: Fehler, Programmierfehler
    Declension
    Declension of Bug [masculine, strong]
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative ein der Bug die Bugs
    genitive eines des Bugs der Bugs
    dative einem dem Bug den Bugs
    accusative einen den Bug die Bugs

    Etymology 4

    From Polish Bug and Russian Буг (Bug).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /buːk/, /bʊk/

    Proper noun

    der Bug m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Bugs or des Bug)

    1. Bug (rivers in Eastern Europe)

    Further reading

    Plautdietsch

    Etymology

    Borrowed from German Bug.

    Noun

    Bug f

    1. (nautical) bow, prow (of a ship)

    Polish

    Bug

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈbuk/
    • Audio 1:(file)
    • Audio 2:(file)
    • Rhymes: -uk
    • Syllabification: Bug
    • Homophones: Bóg, bóg, buk, Buk

    Etymology 1

      Derived from Proto-Slavic *Bugъ. Compare Russian Буг (Bug). Doublet of biga and Boh.

      Proper noun

      Bug m inan (related adjective bużański)

      1. Bug, Western Bug (a river in Belarus, Poland and Ukraine)
      Declension
      Declension of Bug
      singular
      nominative Bug
      genitive Bugu, Buga
      dative Bugowi
      accusative Bug
      instrumental Bugiem
      locative Bugu
      vocative Bugu

      Etymology 2

        See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

        Proper noun

        Bug f

        1. genitive plural of Buga (“female surname”)

        References

        • Spring, P. (2015). Great Walls & Linear Barriers. United Kingdom: Pen & Sword Books

        Further reading

        • “Bug”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
        • “Bug”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish)
        • Bug in PWN's encyclopedia
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