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Bastard
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bastard
English
Proper noun
s
en Old French.
Anagrams
en aabdrst Barstad batards tabards
German
Etymology
From de gmh bastart, basthart illegitimate child of a nobleman, from de fro bastart, probably from de frk -, but the precise derivation is uncertain.
Pronunciation
de /ˈbastart/ [ˈbastaʁt] [-taɐ̯t] [-ta(ː)t]
de De-Bastard.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m,s:es in
de pejorative bastard person born to unmarried parents
de Bankert dated Hurenkind offensive Kebskind dated
de usually pejorative bastard; mongrel person born to parents considered incongruous in class, race, etc.; male or unspecified sex
de Blendling Mischling Kreuzling Halbblut
de biology zoology botany crossbreed, hybrid, mongrel male or of unspecified gender
de Blendling Mischling Kreuzling Kreuzung Hybride Hybrid
Usage notes
The German word is also used an insult, but not as frequently as in English. The connection with “ignoble extraction” is still clearly felt (which is not always the case in English).
Declension
m,s:es
Hyponyms
person
de Bastardsohn
biology
de Bastardpflanze
de Bastardtier
Derived terms
de Artbastard Bastardadler Bastardamarant Bastard-Amarant Bastard-Beinwell Bastardbildung Bastard-Brunnenkresse Bastard-Chinchilla Bastardeberesche Bastard-Eberesche Bastardeibisch Bastard-Eibisch Bastardelsbeere Bastard-Elsbeere Bastardfaden Bastardfeile Bastardfeudalismus Bastard-Flügelknöterich Bastardfrauenmantel Bastard-Frauenmantel Bastardfuchs Bastard-Fuchs Bastardfuchsschwanz Bastard-Fuchsschwanz Bastardgänsefuß Bastardgänsefuss Bastard-Gänsefuß Bastard-Gänsefuss Gattungsbastard Bastardhahnenfuß Bastardhahnenfuss Bastard-Hahnenfuß Bastard-Hahnenfuss Bastardhund bastardieren Bastardieren Bastardierung Bastardindigo Bastardisierung Bastardklee Bastard-Klee Bastardmakrele Bastard-Mehlbeere Bastardmelisse Bastardmohn Bastard-Mohn Bastard-Ohrweide Bastardpflanze Bastardplatane Bastard-Platane Bastard-Pop Bastardschaft Bastardschildkröte Bastardschwamm Bastard-Schwarz-Pappel Bastardschwert Bastardschwertlilie Bastard-Schwertlilie Bastardschwingel Bastardsenf Bastardsohn Bastard-Strandsimse Bastardstaudenknöterich Bastardsterilität Bastardtaubnessel Bastardtier Bastardtruhe Bastardweidelgras Bastardwort Bastardzeder Bastardzunge Fuchsbastard Rheinlandbastard
Further reading
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