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"1": "da",
"2": "bog"
},
"expansion": "Danish bog",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fo",
"2": "bók"
},
"expansion": "Faroese bók",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "is",
"2": "bók"
},
"expansion": "Icelandic bók",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "no",
"2": "bok"
},
"expansion": "Norwegian bok",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "sv",
"2": "bok"
},
"expansion": "Swedish bok",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "got",
"2": "𐌱𐍉𐌺𐌰"
},
"expansion": "Gothic 𐌱𐍉𐌺𐌰 (bōka)",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle Low German bôk, from Old Saxon bōk (“book”), from Proto-West Germanic *bōk, from Proto-Germanic *bōks (“beech, book”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos. Cognate with Dutch boek, English book, West Frisian boek, German Buch, Danish bog, Faroese bók, Icelandic bók, Norwegian bok, Swedish bok, Gothic 𐌱𐍉𐌺𐌰 (bōka). The Germanic root is often taken to be related to the word for beech, the wood of rune-tablets.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "Böker",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Beuker",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Boken",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
},
{
"form": "Bok",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "Bauk",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "n",
"2": "Böker,Beuker,Boken"
},
"expansion": "Book n (plural Böker or Beuker or Boken)",
"name": "nds-noun"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "nds",
"2": "GLG"
},
"expansion": "(German Low German)",
"name": "tlb"
}
],
"lang": "Low German",
"lang_code": "nds",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "Bökeree"
},
{
"word": "Bökerie"
},
{
"word": "Bökerworm"
},
{
"word": "Enzyklopädie"
},
{
"word": "Lexikon"
},
{
"word": "Nakieksel"
},
{
"word": "Nokieksel"
},
{
"word": "Novell"
},
{
"word": "Roman"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"German Low German",
"Low German entries with incorrect language header",
"Low German lemmas",
"Low German neuter nouns",
"Low German nouns",
"Low German terms derived from Middle Low German",
"Low German terms derived from Old Saxon",
"Low German terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
"Low German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
"Low German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
"Low German terms inherited from Middle Low German",
"Low German terms inherited from Old Saxon",
"Low German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
"Low German terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European",
"Low German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic",
"Pages with 3 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"book"
],
"links": [
[
"book",
"book"
]
],
"tags": [
"German-Low-German",
"neuter"
]
}
],
"word": "Book"
}
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