Boden

Meaning

  1. (masculine,strong,uncountable) ground, soil
  2. (masculine,strong,uncountable) sea bottom (typically called Meeresboden)
  3. (countable,masculine,strong) any defined type of soil
  4. (countable,masculine,strong) floor
  5. (countable,masculine,strong) attic, garret, loft
  6. (colloquial,countable,masculine,strong) flooring, floor cover (often used in this sense in compound nouns: Teppichboden, Parkettboden)

Frequency

A2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

bode

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

boode

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈboːdn̩/
Etymology

In summary

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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