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bok.

book:

3 characters1 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun/buːk/

  1. book: collection of sheets of paper

    common-gender

  2. book: a work of literature

    common-gender
    läsa en bok
    skriva en bok

  3. book: a major division of a published work

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish bōk, from Old Norse bók, from Proto-Germanic *bōks, of uncertain origin but usually connected to Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵ- (“beech”) or Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂g- (“to allot”).

noun/buːk/

  1. beech (tree of the genus Fagus)

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish bōk, from Old Norse bók, from Proto-Germanic *bōkō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos.

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