Büffel

See also: buffel and büffel

German

Etymology

From Middle High German büffel, püffel (14th c.), from Middle French bufle, from Italian bufalo, from Late Latin būbalus, from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos), a derivative of βοῦς (boûs, “ox”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbʏfəl/
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Hyphenation: Büf‧fel

Noun

Büffel m (strong, genitive Büffels, plural Büffel)

buffalo
coarse cloth
(The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
lout, clod
an armored recovery vehicle Bergepanzer 3

Declension

Declension of Büffel [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Büffel	die	Büffel
genitive	eines	des	Büffels	der	Büffel
dative	einem	dem	Büffel	den	Büffeln
accusative	einen	den	Büffel	die	Büffel

Derived terms

Büffelebene
Büffelfell
Büffelfleisch
Büffelhaut
Büffelherde
Büffelhorn
Büffeljagd
Büffeljäger
Büffelkalb
Büffelkäse
Büffelkuh
Büffelleder
Büffelmilch
büffeln
Büffelsteak
Flussbüffel
Sumpfbüffel
Wasserbüffel
Wiesenbüffel

Further reading

“Büffel” in Duden online
“Büffel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Büffel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

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