Bastard
See also: bastard
English
editProper noun
editBastard (plural Bastards)
- A surname from Old French.
Anagrams
editGerman
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German bastart, basthart (“illegitimate child of a nobleman”), from Old French bastart, probably from Frankish, but the precise derivation is uncertain.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editBastard m (strong, genitive Bastardes or Bastards, plural Bastarde, feminine Bastardin)
- (derogatory) bastard (person born to unmarried parents)
- (usually derogatory) bastard; mongrel (person born to parents considered incongruous in class, race, etc.; male or unspecified sex)
- (biology, zoology, botany) crossbreed, hybrid, mongrel (male or of unspecified gender)
Usage notes
edit- 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
editDeclension of Bastard [masculine, strong]
Hyponyms
edit(person):
(biology):
Derived terms
edit- Artbastard
- Bastard-Amarant
- Bastard-Beinwell
- Bastard-Brunnenkresse
- Bastard-Chinchilla
- Bastard-Eberesche
- Bastard-Eibisch
- Bastard-Elsbeere
- Bastard-Flügelknöterich
- Bastard-Frauenmantel
- Bastard-Fuchs
- Bastard-Fuchsschwanz
- Bastard-Gänsefuß
- Bastard-Gänsefuss
- Bastard-Hahnenfuß
- Bastard-Hahnenfuss
- Bastard-Klee
- Bastard-Mehlbeere
- Bastard-Mohn
- Bastard-Ohrweide
- Bastard-Platane
- Bastard-Pop
- Bastard-Schwarz-Pappel
- Bastard-Schwertlilie
- Bastard-Strandsimse
- Bastardadler
- Bastardamarant
- Bastardbildung
- Bastardeberesche
- Bastardeibisch
- Bastardelsbeere
- Bastardfaden
- Bastardfeile
- Bastardfeudalismus
- Bastardfrauenmantel
- Bastardfuchs
- Bastardfuchsschwanz
- Bastardgänsefuß
- Bastardgänsefuss
- Bastardhahnenfuß
- Bastardhahnenfuss
- Bastardhund
- Bastardieren
- bastardieren
- Bastardierung
- Bastardindigo
- Bastardisierung
- Bastardklee
- Bastardmakrele
- Bastardmelisse
- Bastardmohn
- Bastardpflanze
- Bastardplatane
- Bastardschaft
- Bastardschildkröte
- Bastardschwamm
- Bastardschwert
- Bastardschwertlilie
- Bastardschwingel
- Bastardsenf
- Bastardsohn
- Bastardstaudenknöterich
- Bastardsterilität
- Bastardtaubnessel
- Bastardtier
- Bastardtruhe
- Bastardweidelgras
- Bastardwort
- Bastardzeder
- Bastardzunge
- Fuchsbastard
- Gattungsbastard
- Rheinlandbastard
Further reading
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- English uncountable nouns
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- English surnames from Old French
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Old French
- German terms derived from Frankish
- German 2-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio links
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German masculine nouns
- German derogatory terms
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