Bug

Bedeutung

Noun

1. (masculine,strong) bow, prow (of a ship), nose (of an aircraft)
2. (masculine,strong) shoulder joint (of an animal)
3. (masculine,strong) joist, joint (in woodwork)

Name

Bug (rivers in Eastern Europe)

Geschlecht

♂️ Männlich

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/buːk/

Etymologie

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”).
The common contemporary meaning bow stems via Low German from Middle Low German bôch, from Old Saxon bōg. More at bough.

Sätze

Der Ingenieur betrat das Dock und inspizierte den Schaden am Bug .

The engineer entered the dock and inspected the damage to the bow.