bosch

See also: Bosch, Bösch, bos-ch, and bös-ch

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔs
• IPA^(key): /bɔs/

Noun

bosch

1. obsolete spelling of bos

Ladin

Etymology

From Late Latin busca, *buscus or boscus, from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (whence also came Old High German busk and English bush).

Noun

bosch m (plural bòsc)

1. (Gherdëina) wood, forest

   Se pierder tl bosch.

   To get lost in the wood.

   Bosch da odla

   Coniferous forest

Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian bosco, of West Germanic origin. Compare English bush.

Noun

bosch

1. wood, forest

Middle Dutch

Etymology

Inherited from Old Dutch *busc, from Proto-West Germanic *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz.

Noun

bosch m or n

1. forest, wood

Inflection

Strong masculine noun

	singular	plural
nominative	bosch	bosche
accusative	bosch	bosche
genitive	boschs	bosche
dative	bosche	boschen

Strong neuter noun

	singular	plural
nominative	bosch	bosch, bosche
accusative	bosch	bosch, bosche
genitive	boschs	bosche
dative	bosche	boschen

Alternative forms

• busch

Descendants

• Dutch: bos, bosch (obsolete)
  • Afrikaans: bos
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: bosi
  • Negerhollands: boesch, bosch
  • → Aukan: bosu
  • → Caribbean Javanese: bos (bunch, bundle)
  • → English: bush
    • → Dutch: bush, bushbush
  • →? Guyanese Creole English: bush
  • → Indonesian: bos
  • → Papiamentu: bòshi, bosji (from the diminutive)
  • → Sranan Tongo: bosu (bunch, bundle)
  • → Sranan Tongo: busi (forest)
    • → Caribbean Javanese: busi
    • → Kwinti: busi
    • → Ndyuka-Trio Pidgin: busi
• Limburgish: bósj
• West Flemish: bus

Further reading

• “bosc”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “bosch”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Piedmontese

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin boscus, borrowed from Frankish *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz.

Noun

bosch

1. wood

   na tàula `d bòsch

   a table of wood

2. timber