Noun: boef
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like boef
stoomlocomotief,
schuif,
schijf,
scherf,
schelf,
oorlogsverf,
bedrijf,
bootgraf,
keurslijf,
optatief,
steppekiekendief,
citroenschijf,
boeggolf,
privébrief,
offensief,
woonerf,
waterverf,
waterwolf,
accusatief,
zwaartekrachtsgolf, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Middle Dutch boef, boeve, bouve, from Old Dutch *buovo, from Proto-Germanic *bōbô, a reduplicated form of *bō- (“father, brother, male relative”).
2. Cognate with English bub, Pennsylvania Dutch Bub, German Bube, Icelandic bófi (“rogue, knave”). Related also to English babe, English boy. See: English Nouns '
bub', German Nouns '
Bube', Icelandic Nouns '
bófi', English Nouns '
babe', English Nouns '
boy'.
Verbs referencing "boef"
English Nouns
boy, German Nouns
Bube, Icelandic Nouns
bófi.
Translations