Busch

English

Etymology

German surname, from Busch (“thicket, wood”).

Pronunciation

• Homophone: Bush

Proper noun

Busch (plural Busches)

1. A surname.

Anagrams

• HBCUs, Schub, chubs

German

Etymology

From Middle High German busch, bosch, from Old High German busk, from Proto-West Germanic *busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz. Compare Dutch bos, English bush, Danish busk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bʊʃ]

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Noun

Busch m (strong, genitive Busches or Buschs, plural Büsche)

1. bush, shrub

   Synonym: Strauch

   Du musst mal den großen Busch im Vorgarten beschneiden.

   You need to cut back that big shrub in the front yard.

2. bushes, thicket, brush, scrub, copse (densely vegetated area with mainly smaller plants and some trees)

   Synonyms: Gestrüpp, Gebüsch

   Wir müssen uns hier nicht durch den Busch kämpfen: Da hinten ist ein Weg.

   We don't have to battle our way through the bushes here: over there is a path.

3. (informal, derogatory) boondocks, the middle of nowhere; a remote, rural area

   Wir sitzen hier irgendwo im Busch und haben keine Ahnung, wo wir lang müssen.

   We're sitting here somewhere in the middle of nowhere and have no clue which way to go.

4. (literary, dated or regional) woodland, small forest, grove, wooded countryside

Declension

Declension of Busch [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Busch	die	Büsche
genitive	eines	des	Busches, Buschs	der	Büsche
dative	einem	dem	Busch, Busche1	den	Büschen
accusative	einen	den	Busch	die	Büsche

¹Now rare, see notes.

Synonyms

• (remote area): Pampa, Arsch der Welt (flippantly rude, colloquial)

Derived terms

• bebuscht
• Holunderbusch
• Rosenbusch
• Dornbusch
• Buschland
• Buschfunk
• Büschel

Related terms

• Böschung

Proper noun

Busch m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Buschs or (with an article) Busch, feminine genitive Busch, plural Buschs)

Distribution of Buschs in Germany

1. a common surname

Declension

Declension of Busch [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Busch	(eine)	(die)	Busch	(die)	Buschs
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Buschs, Busch1	(einer)	(der)	Busch	(der)	Buschs
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Busch	(einer)	(der)	Busch	(den)	Buschs
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Busch	(eine)	(die)	Busch	(die)	Buschs

¹With an article.

Further reading

• “Busch (Strauch, Dickicht)” in Duden online
• “Busch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Middle High German busch, bosch, from Old High German busk, from Proto-West Germanic *busk. Compare German Busch, Dutch bos, English bush.

Noun

Busch m (plural Bisch)

1. woods, forest
2. country

Related terms

• Bischel