Azubine
German
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editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editAzubine f (genitive Azubine, plural Azubinen)
- (colloquial, humorous) Short for Auszubildende (female apprentice, trainee)
- Synonym: Azubi f
Usage notes
edit- Much more informal than the form Azubi m or f. Also possibly (though not usually) offensive because of the phonetic association with Biene (“sexually attractive woman”).
Declension
editDeclension of Azubine [feminine]
Further reading
edit- “Azubine” in Duden online
- “Azubine”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–