Buhmann

German

Etymology

buh (“boo”) +‎ Mann (“man”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈbuːman]
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Hyphenation: Buh‧mann

Noun

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(colloquial) scapegoat
- Tom Winter, Die Gesetzlosen (Out of Laws), Vier JahreszeitenHaus, page 59:
  Sie schweigt dazu und weiß nun, warum gerade sie der Buhmann ist und die anderen die Lebensretter.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Further reading

Buhmann on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
“Buhmann” in Duden online

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