Beboede

Beboede is an adjective used in Danish and Norwegian to indicate that a place or building is inhabited or occupied. In everyday language it can describe a house, apartment, or district where people currently reside. The term is commonly found in official texts, planning documents, cadastral records, and real estate listings, where it helps distinguish living areas from uninhabited or undeveloped land.

In planning and zoning, beboede områder refers to zones with existing residential occupancy, contrasted with undeveloped or industrial zones. In housing statistics and census data, the term can appear to specify the number of inhabited housing units. In real estate, beboede boliger may be used to identify currently occupied dwellings, as opposed to vacant properties or those under construction.

Etymology and cognates: beboede stems from the verb bo, meaning to live, and is formed with a common Scandinavian participial suffix. Similar forms exist in related languages, such as Danish beboede and Norwegian usage, with closely related terms conveying the notion of habitation or occupancy. The English equivalents are inhabited, occupied, or residential.

See also: habitation, housing, occupancy, zoning.