Busch
German
Etymology
From Middle High German busch, bosch, from Old High German busk, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz. Compare Dutch bos, English bush, Danish busk.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bʊʃ/
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Noun
Busch m (genitive Busches or Buschs, plural Büsche)
- bushes, brush, scrub, copse (densely vegetated area with mainly smaller plants and some trees)
- Wir müssen uns hier nicht durch den Busch kämpfen: da hinten ist ein Weg.
- We don't have to battle our way through these bushes: there's a path over there.
- bush, shrub (individual plant)
- Du musst mal den großen Busch im Vorgarten beschneiden.
- You need to cut back that big shrub in the front yard.
- (informal, derogatory) no man's land; a remote, rural area
- Wir sitzen hier irgendwo im Busch und haben keine Ahnung, wo wir lang müssen.
- So we're lost somewhere in no man's land and have no clue which way we should go.
Declension
Synonyms
- (brush): Gestrüpp, Gebüsch
- (shrub): Strauch
- (no man's land): Niemandsland, Arsch der Welt (vulgar)
Derived terms
- bebuscht
- Holunderbusch
- Rosenbusch
- Dornbusch
- Buschland
- Buschfunk
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