Bambus

See also: bambus

German

Etymology

From early modern Dutch bamboes (contemporary bamboe), from Portuguese bambus, plural of bambu, from Malay bambu, from Kannada ಬಮ್ಬು (bambu).

Pronunciation

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Noun

Bambus m (genitive Bambusses, plural Bambusse)

1. bamboo

Descendants

• → Czech: bambus
• → Danish: bambus
• → Faroese: bambus
• → Hungarian: bambusz
• → Icelandic: bambus
• → Latvian: bambuss
• → Macedonian: бамбус (bambus)
• → Polish: bambus
• → Romanian: bambus
• → Serbo-Croatian:
  • Cyrillic script: бамбус
  • Latin script: bambus
• → Slovak: bambus
• → Slovene: bambus

Further reading

• “Bambus” in Duden online