Bult

See also: bult

English

Etymology

• As a Dutch surname, from several placenames derived from bult (“bump, hump”).
• As an English and Dutch surname, variant of Bolt.

Proper noun

Bult (plural Bults)

1. A surname from Dutch.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bult is the 40016^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 548 individuals. Bult is most common among White (96.17%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bult”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 250.

German

Alternative forms

• Bülte f

Etymology

16th century, from Middle Low German bult, bülte, from Proto-West Germanic *bulti, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to blow, inflate, swell”). Cognate with Dutch bult.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʊlt/

Noun

Bult m (strong or mixed, genitive Bultes or Bults, plural Bulte or Bulten) or
Bult f (genitive Bult, plural Bulten)

1. (Northern Germany) a hill of dry terrain in bog or marshland

Declension

Declension of Bult [masculine, strong // mixed]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Bult	die	Bulte, Bulten
genitive	eines	des	Bultes, Bults	der	Bulte, Bulten
dative	einem	dem	Bult, Bulte1	den	Bulten
accusative	einen	den	Bult	die	Bulte, Bulten

¹Now rare, see notes.

Declension of Bult [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Bult	die	Bulten
genitive	einer	der	Bult	der	Bulten
dative	einer	der	Bult	den	Bulten
accusative	eine	die	Bult	die	Bulten