bot.
not sharp, blunt, dull
Meaning & usage
not sharp, blunt, dull
De schaar is te bot om het papier goed te knippen.
impolite, badly behaving: curt, blunt, rude
Zijn opmerking was nogal bot en kwetste haar gevoelens.
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch bot, but, butte, related to Middle Low German but (“dull, plump, coarse”), West Frisian bot (“blunt”). Perhaps ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *butt, from Proto-Germanic *buttaz (“end, butt”).
a bot (software for repetitive minor tasks; computer-controlled character in video games)
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from English bot, from robot.
bone
De dokter heeft vastgesteld dat hij een gebroken bot heeft.
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch but. Cognate with English butt, German Butt, in all senses.
flounder (a type of fish)
Ik heb een heerlijke bot gevangen tijdens het vissen.
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch bot, from Old Dutch *but, from Proto-West Germanic *butt (“stumpy”), from Proto-Germanic *buttaz (“stumpy”). Cognate with English butt (“flatfish”), German Butt (“lefteye flounder”), West Frisian bot (“flounder”).
bud
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch botte (“bud of a flower or fruit”), of uncertain origin: * perhaps related to Middle High German butzen (“to push”), and ultimately to Proto-West Germanic *bautan (“to push”). * Alternatively, perhaps related to Middle Low German *butte (as in hāgebutte (“rosehip”)), from Middle High German butte (“hip, rosehip”), from Old High German *butta, from Proto-West Germanic *buʀdā (“swelling, bud”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to swell”). If so, then cognate with German Low German Butte, Butt (“bud”), Middle English budde, bodde (whence English bud).
boot
Where this word comes from
From French botte.
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