Bunker

See also: bunker and búnker

English

Proper noun

Bunker

1. A surname.

Derived terms

• Archie Bunker house

Anagrams

• Brunke

German

Etymology

Bunkers on a golf course (sense 2).

Borrowed from English bunker (“large bin or container for storing coal; sand-pit hazard on a golf course”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʊŋkɐ/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Bun‧ker

Noun

Bunker m (strong, genitive Bunkers, plural Bunker)

1. bunker (hardened shelter)
2. (golf) bunker (obstacle on a golf course)

Declension

Declension of Bunker [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Bunker	die	Bunker
genitive	eines	des	Bunkers	der	Bunker
dative	einem	dem	Bunker	den	Bunkern
accusative	einen	den	Bunker	die	Bunker

Hyponyms

• Atombunker, Betonbunker, Führerbunker, Luftschutzbunker, Munitionsbunker, Privatbunker, Regierungsbunker, U-Boot-Bunker, Zivilbunker

Derived terms

• bunkerartig

Related terms

• bunkerbrechend
• Bunkermentalität

Descendants

• → Polish: bunkier
• → Romanian: buncăr

Further reading

• “Bunker” in Duden online
• “Bunker” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Bunker”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN