Schusterjunge

German

Etymology

From Schuster +‎ Junge.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Schusterjunge m (genitive Schusterjungen, plural Schusterjungen)

1. A cobbler's son, a shoemaker's son.
2. A cobbler's apprentice, a shoemaker's apprentice.
3. (Berlin dialect) A rye bread roll, rye roll, rye bun
4. (typography) An orphan, an orphaned word, an orphaned line.
5. A special, traditional costume worn at the Cologne Carnival (German: Kölner Karneval).

Synonyms

• (baked goods): (quadratisches) Roggenbrötchen
• (typesetting): Waisenkind

Coordinate terms

• (typesetting): Hurenkind (“widow, widowed word, widowed line”)

Further reading

• “Schusterjunge” in Duden online