bukt

See also: búkt

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ʏkt

Verb

bukt

1. inflection of bukken:
   1. second/third-person singular present indicative
   2. (archaic) plural imperative

German

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Verb

bukt

1. second-person plural preterite of backen

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German bocht.

Noun

bukt f or m (definite singular bukta or bukten, indefinite plural bukter, definite plural buktene)

1. a bay or gulf

Derived terms

• Bengalbukta
• Hudsonbukta
• Persiabukten
• Tyskebukta

References

• “bukt” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German bocht.

Noun

bukt f (definite singular bukta, indefinite plural bukter, definite plural buktene)

1. a bay or gulf

Derived terms

• Bengalbukta
• Hudsonbukta
• Persiabukta
• Tyskebukta

References

• “bukt” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

en bukt

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Noun

bukt c

1. (geography) a broad, smoothly curved indentation in a coastline; a bay, a gulf, a bight
   1. a cove (when a sheltered bukt – see also vik)

      en skyddad bukt

      a protected cove/bay

2. a more or less circular bend (in a trajectory or something long and narrow)

Declension

Declension of bukt
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	bukt	bukten	bukter	bukterna
Genitive	bukts	buktens	bukters	bukternas

Derived terms

• krumbukt

Related terms

• bukta

See also

• fjärd
• golf
• få bukt med
• vik

References

• bukt in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• bukt in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• bukt in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)