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)

Concepts

soil

ground

floor

bottom

earth

land

base

attic

bed

garret

loft

center

centre

natural ground

Boden Municipality

Boden

very bottom

solid earth

stronghold

earth’s surface

sole

agricultural land

age

era

nature

place

space

time

world

plain

valley

ground floor

Loft

cohesive soil

bedrock

roof space

top

floor coating

flooring

deck

floors

level

stage

storey

infrastructure

substructure

Attic

mansard

studio apartment

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.

Sentences

Aber echte Camper sitzen auf dem Boden oder auf Baumstämmen .

But real campers sit on the ground or on tree trunks.

Der Boden der Insel ist im Gegensatz zu den meisten anderen Atollen sehr fruchtbar .

The island's soil is very fertile, unlike most other atolls.

Zum Nährstoffgehalt im Boden verhält es sich indifferent .

The nutrient content in the soil is indifferent.