Bow

"Bow" in Danish

bov

(front of a boat or ship)

bue

(weapon used for shooting arrows)

bue

(bend in a rod or planar surface)

bue

(rod used for playing stringed instruments)

buk

(gesture made by bending forward at the waist)

sløjfe

(type of knot with two loops)

bue

(to become bent)

bukke

(to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference)

bøje

(to bend a thing)

bøje sig

(to bend oneself as a gesture of respect or deference)

stryge

(to play music on an instrument using a bow)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.