Bube

bube English + language Proper noun A Bantu language spoken by the Bubi people. en Fernandian See also bvb en Languages German Alternative forms de Bub southern de Bub' less common Etymology From de gmh buobe knave, from de goh Buobo, a male name of unknown meaning, though probably formed as a de 1 of a syllable gem-pro *bo which may be abstracted from gem-pro *brōþēr brother, based on the original meaning of "male child", reinforced by sound-symbolism.Bube Cognate with nl boef villain. Probably also related to en boy; see there for more. Pronunciation de /ˈbuːbə/ Germany de De-Bube.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de /ˈb̥uːbɛ/ [-b̥ɛ] Austria,South German,Switzerland de Bu be Noun m.weak ^chen,^lein ^in[rare] knave; jack playing card de Bauer de regional southern Germany Austria Switzerland boy; lad de Junge Knabe de Mädchen Mädel de regional northern and central Germany rogue; villain; naughty boy de Gauner Schlingel Schuft Usage notes In northern and central Germany, the word is now used almost exclusively for the playing card. The southern sense “boy” is understood but not used. The older regional sense “rogue, villain” has become chiefly restricted to the diminutive de Bübchen or to fixed combinations and compounds (de böser Bube, de Bubenstreich, de Spitzbube, etc.). Declension m.weak Derived terms de Bübele,Bübli,Büberl Bubi Gebübe<g:n> Spitzbube Kreuzbube Pikbube Herzbube Karobube Descendants eo bubo 1 hu bubi 1 io bubo 1 References Further reading de de Children