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boustrophedon

German, adjective

boustrophedon is spelled B-O-U-S-T-R-O-P-H-E-D-O-N (13 letters). Boustrophedon is a German adjective meaning “alternative form of bustrophedon (“boustrophedonic; written as a boustrophedon”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Boustrophedon is a different word: “alternative form of Bustrophedon (“boustrophedon”)”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Schreibrichtung von Zeile zu Zeile wechselnd”.

What does boustrophedon mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    alternative form of bustrophedon (“boustrophedonic; written as a boustrophedon”)

noun

as Boustrophedon
  1. 1

    neuteralternative form of Bustrophedon (“boustrophedon”)

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

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. in einem Text von Zeile zu Zeile wechselnde Schriftrichtung von links nach rechts beziehungsweise umgekehrt

adjective: 1. die Schreibrichtung von Zeile zu Zeile wechselnd

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 boustrophedon

  • boustrophedoner masculine nominative singular
  • boustrophedone feminine nominative singular
  • boustrophedones neuter nominative singular
  • boustrophedonen genitive masculine singular
  • boustrophedonem dative masculine singular
  • der boustrophedone definite includes-article masculine
  • die boustrophedone definite feminine includes-article
  • das boustrophedone definite includes-article neuter
  • die boustrophedonen definite includes-article nominative
  • des boustrophedonen definite genitive includes-article
  • der boustrophedonen definite feminine genitive
  • dem boustrophedonen dative definite includes-article
  • den boustrophedonen dative definite includes-article
  • Bustrophedon alternative
  • Boustrophedons genitive singular
  • bustrophedon alternative

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

English words that translate to boustrophedon

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

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