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Bastard

See also: bastard

English

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Proper noun

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Bastard (plural Bastards)

  1. A surname from Old French.

Anagrams

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German bastart, basthart (“illegitimate child of a nobleman”), from Old French bastart, probably from Frankish, but the precise derivation is uncertain.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbastart/, [ˈbastaʁt], [-taɐ̯t], [-ta(ː)t]
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Noun

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Bastard m (strong, genitive Bastardes or Bastards, plural Bastarde, feminine Bastardin)

  1. (derogatory) bastard (person born to unmarried parents)
    Synonyms: (dated) Bankert, (offensive) Hurenkind, (dated) Kebskind
  2. (usually derogatory) bastard; mongrel (person born to parents considered incongruous in class, race, etc.; male or unspecified sex)
    Synonyms: Blendling, Mischling, Kreuzling
  3. (biology, zoology, botany) crossbreed, hybrid, mongrel (male or of unspecified gender)
    Synonyms: Blendling, Mischling, Kreuzling, Kreuzung, Hybride, Hybrid

Usage notes

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  • The German word is also used an insult, but not as frequently as in English. The connection with “ignoble extraction” is still clearly felt (which is not always the case in English).

Declension

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Declension of Bastard [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Bastard die Bastarde
genitive eines des Bastardes, Bastards der Bastarde
dative einem dem Bastard, Bastarde1 den Bastarden
accusative einen den Bastard die Bastarde

1Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “Bastard” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Bastard” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Bastard” in Duden online
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