Busch
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the German surname, from Busch (“thicket, wood”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Busch (plural Busches)
- A surname.
Anagrams
[edit]German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German busch, bosch, from Old High German busk, from Proto-West Germanic *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz. Compare Dutch bos, English bush, Danish busk.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Busch m (strong, genitive Busches or Buschs, plural Büsche)
- bush, shrub
- Synonym: Strauch
- Du musst mal den großen Busch im Vorgarten beschneiden.
- You need to cut back that big shrub in the front yard.
- bushes, thicket, brush, scrub, copse (densely vegetated area with mainly smaller plants and some trees)
- (informal, derogatory) boondocks, the middle of nowhere; a remote, rural area
- Wir sitzen hier irgendwo im Busch und haben keine Ahnung, wo wir lang müssen.
- We're sitting here somewhere in the middle of nowhere and have no clue which way to go.
- (literary, dated or regional) woodland, small forest, grove, wooded countryside
Declension
[edit]Declension of Busch [masculine, strong]
Synonyms
[edit]- (remote area): Pampa, Arsch der Welt (flippantly rude, colloquial)
Hyponyms
[edit]- Brombeerbusch, Dornbusch, Erdbeerbusch, Federbusch, Fliederbusch, Holunderbusch, Rosenbusch, Wacholderbusch
Derived terms
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[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Busch m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Buschs or (with an article) Busch, feminine genitive Busch, plural Buschs)
- a common surname
Declension
[edit]Declension of Busch [masculine // feminine, surname]
singular | plural | |||||||
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masculine | feminine | |||||||
indef. | def. | noun | indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | (ein) | (der) | Busch | (eine) | (die) | Busch | (die) | Buschs |
genitive | (eines) | (des) | Buschs, Busch1 | (einer) | (der) | Busch | (der) | Buschs |
dative | (einem) | (dem) | Busch | (einer) | (der) | Busch | (den) | Buschs |
accusative | (einen) | (den) | Busch | (eine) | (die) | Busch | (die) | Buschs |
1With an article.
Further reading
[edit]- “Busch (Strauch, Dickicht)” in Duden online
- “Busch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Pennsylvania German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German busch, bosch, from Old High German busk, from Proto-West Germanic *busk. Compare German Busch, Dutch bos, English bush.
Noun
[edit]Busch m (plural Bisch)
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