Bache
German
Etymology 1
From Middle High German bache, from Old High German bahho, which is derived from strong-declension Old High German bah from Proto-Germanic *baką.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈba.χə]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aχə
Declension
Etymology 2
From Middle High German bache, from Old High German bahha, which is derived from the masculine. Cognate with English back.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈba.χə]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aχə
Noun
Bache f (genitive Bache, plural Bachen)
- A wild sow, female wild boar (the generic term is Wildschwein, the male boar Keiler, rarely Bacher)
- 2017, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Mitsch, “Tiere und Strafrecht”, in Juristische Ausbildung, number 12, DOI: , page 1397:
- Auf nächtlicher Fahrt durch den Berliner Grunewald galoppiert dem Pkw-Fahrer F plötzlich eine Wildsau vor die Stoßstange. F kann den Zusammenstoß nicht vermeiden. Das Auto ist im Frontbereich zerbeult, die Bache ist tot.
- On a nightly ride through the Grunewald in Berlin suddenly a wild sow galopps right up to bumper of the car driver F. F cannot prevent the crash. The car is battered in the front-end, the sow is dead.
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Declension
References
- Bache in Duden online
- “Bache” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- "Bache" in: Wolfgang Pfeifer (ed.), Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (2nd ed. 1993).
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