Busserl

German

Etymology

From Buss (“kiss”) +‎ -erl (“-ie”). The first element is of onomatopoeic origin; compare Central Franconian Butz (“kiss”) and similar forms in many languages. See Czech pusa, Serbo-Croatian pusa, maybe related to Proto-Indo-European *bus- (“to kiss”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbʊsɐl]

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• Hyphenation: Bus‧serl

Noun

Busserl n (strong or mixed, genitive Busserls, plural Busserl or Busserln)

1. (Southern Germany, Austria, colloquial) kiss

   Synonyms: Bussi, Bussel, (standard language) Küsschen

Declension

Declension of Busserl [neuter, strong // mixed]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Busserl	die	Busserl, Busserln
genitive	eines	des	Busserls	der	Busserl, Busserln
dative	einem	dem	Busserl	den	Busserln
accusative	ein	das	Busserl	die	Busserl, Busserln

Further reading

• “Busserl” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Busserl” in Duden online