Busen
See also: Appendix:Variations of "busen"
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German buosem, from Old High German buosum, from Proto-Germanic *bōsmaz. Cognate with Dutch boezem, English bosom.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editBusen m (strong, genitive Busens, plural Busen)
- (anatomy) a woman’s breasts collectively
- (dated, poetic) bosom, a person’s chest, breast; (especially) the bulge of the garment around it
- Synonym: Brust
- eine Schlange im Busen tragen / nähren ― to carry / nurture a snake in one’s bosom
- (poetic, figurative) bosom (seat of thoughts and feelings)
- 1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Zueignung”, in Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil[1]; republished as Bayard Taylor, transl., 1870:
- Mein Busen fühlt sich jugendlich erschüttert / Vom Zauberhauch der euren Zug umwittert
- My bosom thrills, with youthful passion shaken, / From magic airs that round your march awaken
- (geography, chiefly in Meerbusen) bay, bight, gulf (area of sea)
Declension
editDeclension of Busen [masculine, strong]
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