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Boden.

ground, soil

5 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈboːdn̩/
  1. ground, soil

    masculine · strong · uncountable
    heiliger Boden
  2. sea bottom (typically called Meeresboden)

    masculine · strong · uncountable
  3. any defined type of soil

    countable · masculine · strong
  4. floor

    countable · masculine · strong
  5. attic, garret, loft

    countable · masculine · strong
  6. flooring, floor cover (often used in this sense in compound nouns: Teppichboden, Parkettboden)

    colloquial · countable · masculine · strong
Where this word comes from

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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