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Bogen

German, noun

Bogen is spelled B-O-G-E-N (5 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written German, the 4,877th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bogen is a German masculine noun meaning “bow (weapon)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, bogen is a different word: “first/third-person plural preterite of biegen”. With an umlaut, Bögen is a different word: “plural of Bogen”. On this page, bögen is a different word: “first/third-person plural subjunctive II of biegen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “gekrümmte, in der Regel mathematisch beschreibbare Linie, Kurve”.

What does Bogen mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinebow (weapon)

  2. 2

    masculinebow (for playing stringed instruments)

  3. 3

    masculinearch

  4. 4

    masculinecurve, arc

  5. 5

    masculinesheet (of paper, stamps)

verb

as bogen
  1. 1

    first/third-person plural preterite of biegen

noun

as Bögen
  1. 1

    plural of Bogen

verb

as bögen
  1. 1

    first/third-person plural subjunctive II of biegen

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. gekrümmte, in der Regel mathematisch beschreibbare Linie, Kurve 2. Bauteil über Öffnungen und Räumen zum Tragen darüberliegender Bauteile 3. aus Holz gefertigte und mit einer Sehne versehene Schusswaffe zum Abschießen von Pfeilen 4. nach bestimmten Maßen beschnittenes/geschöpftes großes Blatt Papier, insbesondere, wenn es gefaltet (gebogen) ist

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of Bogen

  • Bogens genitive
  • Bögen plural
  • Bögelchen diminutive neuter
  • Bögelein diminutive neuter
  • Böglein diminutive neuter
  • Bogerl diminutive neuter
  • Bg. abbreviation

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to Bogen

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Bogen in German?

Bogen appears 15 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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