Busch
English
Etymology
From the GermanCategory:English terms derived from German#BUSCH surname, from Busch (“thicket, wood”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Busch (plural Busches)Category:English lemmas#BUSCHCategory:English proper nouns#BUSCHCategory:English countable nouns#BUSCHCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BUSCHCategory:Pages with entries#BUSCHCategory:Pages with 3 entries#BUSCH
Anagrams
German
Etymology
From Middle High GermanCategory:German terms inherited from Middle High German#BUSCHCategory:German terms derived from Middle High German#BUSCH busch, bosch, from Old High GermanCategory:German terms inherited from Old High German#BUSCHCategory:German terms derived from Old High German#BUSCH busk, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#BUSCHCategory:German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#BUSCH *busk, from Proto-GermanicCategory:German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#BUSCHCategory:German terms derived from Proto-Germanic#BUSCH *buskaz. Compare Dutch bos, English bush, Danish busk.
Pronunciation
Noun
Busch m (strong, genitive Busches or Buschs, plural Büsche)Category:German lemmas#BUSCHCategory:German nouns#BUSCHCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#BUSCHCategory:German masculine nouns#BUSCHCategory:Pages with entries#BUSCHCategory:Pages with 3 entries#BUSCH
- 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.
- 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.
- (informalCategory:German informal terms#BUSCH, derogatoryCategory:German derogatory terms#BUSCH) 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.
- (literaryCategory:German literary terms#BUSCH, datedCategory:German dated terms#BUSCH or regionalCategory:Regional German#BUSCH) woodland, small forest, grove, wooded countryside
Declension
Synonyms
- (remote area): Pampa, Arsch der Welt (flippantly rude, colloquial)
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Related terms
Proper noun
Busch m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Buschs or (with an article) Busch, feminine genitive Busch, plural Buschs)Category:German lemmas#BUSCHCategory:German proper nouns#BUSCHCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#BUSCHCategory:German masculine nouns#BUSCHCategory:German feminine nouns#BUSCHCategory:German nouns with multiple genders#BUSCHCategory:Pages with entries#BUSCHCategory:Pages with 3 entries#BUSCH

Declension
| 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 GermanCategory:Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Middle High German#BUSCHCategory:Pennsylvania German terms derived from Middle High German#BUSCH busch, bosch, from Old High GermanCategory:Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Old High German#BUSCHCategory:Pennsylvania German terms derived from Old High German#BUSCH busk, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:Pennsylvania German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#BUSCHCategory:Pennsylvania German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#BUSCH *busk. Compare German Busch, Dutch bos, English bush.
Noun
Busch m (plural Bisch)Category:Pennsylvania German lemmas#BUSCHCategory:Pennsylvania German nouns#BUSCHCategory:Pennsylvania German entries with incorrect language header#BUSCHCategory:Pennsylvania German masculine nouns#BUSCHCategory:Pages with entries#BUSCHCategory:Pages with 3 entries#BUSCH
