Infinitive
bu
Passive Infinitive
buast
Alternative Infinitive
| Past Participle | butt; budd |
| Present Participle | buande |
Simple Forms
| Present | bur |
| Past | budde |
| Imperative | bu |
The verb form is the same for all persons, singular and plural.
Compound Forms
| Present Perfect | har butt; budd |
| Past Perfect | hadde butt; budd |
| Future | vil bu |
| Future Perfect | vil ha butt; budd |
| Conditional | ville bu |
| Conditional Perfect | ville ha butt; budd |
The verb form is the same for all persons, singular and plural.
Verbs conjugated like bu
skreddarsy,
y,
må,
bu,
tø,
tå,
kå,
ty,
vå,
ro,
formå,
døy,
fri,
flu,
flå,
gnu,
gry,
glå,
ljå,
bjå, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Translations
Etymology
From Old Norse búa (“to prepare, finish, make preparations, equip”), from Proto-Germanic *būaną. Cognate with Old English būan, English buwa, Old Saxon būan and Old High German būan (whence German bauen). See: Proto-Germanic '
*būaną', English '
buwa', Old High German 'būan', German, old spelling '
bauen'.
Verbs referencing "bu"
Old English
buan.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Sample Sentences