Noun: bos
Gender: Neuter, Masculine
Hyphenation:
Sample Sentences
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Zij ging wandelen in de bossen. (She went walking in the woods.)
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Ik woon in de stad en ik kom uit het bos / Toerisme gestudeerd en ik ben tevens kok / Mensen vinden me tof, grof, onbeschoft / en respect voor mijn buurvrouw want die noemt me os (I live in the city and I'm from the jungle / Studied tourism and I am also a cook / People think I am harsh, rude, uncouth / and respect for my neighbour because she calls me an ox) [2013, Scrappy W, “Super Saamaka”:]
Nouns inflected like bos
bestelbus,
ichthus,
smeris,
getuigenis,
voorgeschiedenis,
bijspijkercursus,
versnijdenis,
beatmis,
apothekeres,
beenvis,
bergpas,
bijengewas,
stalen ros,
gedragsstoornis,
broeikasgas,
penningmeesteres,
bontjas,
griepvirus,
stikstofgas,
slagersmes, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch bosch, from Old Dutch *busc, from Proto-West Germanic *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz.
Verbs referencing "bos"
Spanish Nouns
bosque, English Nouns
box, Norwegian Bokmål Nouns
busk, English Nouns
bush, German Nouns
Busch, Swedish Nouns
buske, English Nouns
bosk, Dutch Nouns
bushbush.
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