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Bube

Bube

German

Alternative forms

Bub (southern)

Noun

Bube m ‎(genitive Buben, plural Buben, diminutive Bübchen n or Büblein n)

knave; jack (playing card)
(regional, southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland) boy; lad
(regional, northern and central Germany) rogue; naughty boy

Usage notes

(rogue): This regional sense occurs chiefly in the diminutive Bübchen, and in the fixed combination böser Bube.

Declension

Declension of Bube

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Bube	die	Buben
genitive	eines	des	Buben	der	Buben
dative	einem	dem	Buben	den	Buben
accusative	einen	den	Buben	die	Buben

Synonyms

(jack): Bauer
(boy): Junge, Knabe
(rogue): Schlingel

Antonyms

(by gender) Mädchen, Mädel (colloquial)
(by age) Mann, Greis

Derived terms

Spitzbube

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