Bow

"Bow" in German

Bogen

(weapon used for shooting arrows)

Bogen

(bend in a rod or planar surface)

Bogen

(rod used for playing stringed instruments)

Bug

(front of a boat or ship)

Schleife

(type of knot with two loops)

Verbeugung

(gesture made by bending forward at the waist)

beugen

(to bend a thing)

biegen

(to bend a thing)

eine Verbeugung machen

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

sich biegen

(to become bent)

sich verbeugen

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

sich verbiegen

(to become bent)

sich verneigen

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

streichen

(to play music on an instrument using a bow)

verbiegen

(to bend a thing)

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