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Bastard

See also: bastard

English edit

Proper noun edit

Bastard (plural Bastards)

  1. A surname from Old French.

Anagrams edit

German edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

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

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 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 edit

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 edit

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(biology):

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

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