Bube
See also: bube
English edit
Proper noun edit
Bube
- A Bantu language spoken by the Bubi people.
- Synonym: Fernandian
German edit
Alternative forms edit
- Bub (southern)
Etymology edit
From Middle High German buobe (“knave”), from Old High German Buobo, a male name of unknown meaning. Cognate with Dutch boef (“villain”). Probably also related to boy; see there for more.
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Noun edit
Bube m (weak, genitive Buben, plural Buben, diminutive Bübchen n or Büblein n, feminine (rare) Bübin)
- knave; jack (playing card)
- (regional, Southern German, Austria, Switzerland) boy; lad
- (regional, northern and central Germany) rogue; villain; naughty boy
Usage notes edit
- In northern and central Germany, the word is now used almost exclusively for the playing card. The southern sense “boy” is understood but not used. The older regional sense “rogue, villain” has become chiefly restricted to the diminutive Bübchen or to fixed combinations and compounds (böser Bube, Bubenstreich, Spitzbube, etc.).
Declension edit
Declension of Bube [masculine, weak]
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Further reading edit
- “Bube” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Bube” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Bube” in Duden online
- Bube on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Bube” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.