Bug
German, noun/buːk/
Bug is spelled B-U-G (3 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written German, the 10,826th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bug is a German masculine noun meaning “bow, prow (of a ship), nose (of an aircraft)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Schiffsvorderteil, Flugzeugvorderteil”.
What does Bug mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebow, prow (of a ship), nose (of an aircraft)
- 2
masculineshoulder joint (of an animal)
- 3
masculinejoist, joint
noun
- 1
datedmasculineraresynonym of Biegung (“curve, place or way of bending”)
- 2
masculineobsoletecrease
noun
- 1
masculinebug
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Schiffsvorderteil, Flugzeugvorderteil 2. die Schulter von Schlachttieren 3. eine Strebe im Dachstuhl 4. ein Teil des Korpus
noun: 1. ein Software- oder Hardwarefehler
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 Bug
- Buges genitive
- Bugs genitive
- Buge plural
- Büge plural
- Bugen dative definite plural
- Bügen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Bug?
- standard /buːk/
- /buːx/
- /bak/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Bug
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Bug in German?
Bug appears 5.9 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).