-bo
Danish
Declension
| common gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | -bo | -boen | -boer | -boerne |
| genitive | -bos | -boens | -boers | -boernes |
Derived terms
Latin
Etymology
Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to grow, become, come into being, appear”). Compare fīō (“I become”).
Suffix
-bō
Inflection
It correlates with the conjugation of the present active indicative forms as well as the present active subjunctive forms of the third conjugation:
| Original form | Derived form | 1s | 2s | 3s | 1p | 2p | 3p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present active indicative | Future active indicative | -bō | -bis | -bit | -bimus | -bitis | -bunt |
| Present active subjunctive | Imperfect active indicative | -bam | -bās | -bat | -bāmus | -bātis | -bant |
| Present passive indicative | Future passive indicative | -bor | -beris | -bitur | -bimur | -biminī | -buntur |
| Present passive subjunctive | Imperfect passive indicative | -bar | -bāris | -bātur | -bāmur | -bāminī | -bantur |
Swedish
Suffix
-bo
Usage notes
-bo will work in almost all cases; -are is more common for certain towns/cities. But also in those cases, -bo should be considered valid. Note that in some cases, typically when the name of the location is a compound word, an extra -s- is inserted before -bo. E.g. Stockholmsbo.
-it is even less common, denotes a person with very strong bonds towards the town/city in question; someone who lived there all of his/her life, possibly even with ancestors who lived there too. Only a few towns/cities actually gives rise to commonly used -it-forms, notably Malmö ("Malmöit").