Boustrophedon

See also: boustrophedon and boustrophédon

German

Etymology

PIE word
*gʷṓws

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek βουστροφηδόν (boustrophēdón, literally “turning like an ox”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Boustrophedon n (strong, genitive Boustrophedons, no plural)

1. alternative form of Bustrophedon (“boustrophedon”)

Declension

Declension of Boustrophedon [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Boustrophedon
genitive	eines	des	Boustrophedons
dative	einem	dem	Boustrophedon
accusative	ein	das	Boustrophedon

Further reading

• “Boustrophedon”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)