buskage

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Low German buschkasche, from Old French boschage, from Vulgar Latin *boscāticum, from Latin boscus (“bush”), from Frankish *busk, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (“bush; thicket”). First attested in 1658.

Cognate with English boscage, Danish buskads, Norwegian Bokmål buskas, and Norwegian Nynorsk buskas.

Noun

buskage n

1. a (dense) collection of shrubs or bushes; a shrubbery or a thicket

Usage notes

Usually planted.

Declension

Declension of buskage

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	buskage	buskages
	definite	buskaget	buskagets
plural	indefinite	buskage	buskages
	definite	buskagen	buskagens

References

• “buskage”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “buskage”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)