Boden
Meaning
- (masculine,strong,uncountable) ground, soil
- (masculine,strong,uncountable) sea bottom (typically called Meeresboden)
- (countable,masculine,strong) any defined type of soil
- (countable,masculine,strong) floor
- (countable,masculine,strong) attic, garret, loft
- (colloquial,countable,masculine,strong) flooring, floor cover (often used in this sense in compound nouns: Teppichboden, Parkettboden)
Concepts
natural ground
studio apartment
earth’s surface
very bottom
solid earth
Boden Municipality
cohesive soil
roof space
floor coating
agricultural land
Synonyms
Unterdach
Auflagefläche
Ladefläche
gewachsener-
Dachkammer
Dachraum
Mansardenzimmer
der untere Teil
landwirtschaftlicher Besitz
landwirtschaftliche Anbauflächen
Agrar-
Grund und Boden
Dachzimmer
Dielung
Bodenkammer
Grundfläche
Frequency
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈboːdn̩/
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.
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