Bus

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bus"

Dutch

Etymology
  • (Bernheze) First attested as in de Bus in 1678. Derived from a dialectal variant of bos (“rising forest”).
  • (Meierijstad) First attested as hoeve genaemt in de bus in 1777. Derived from a dialectal variant of bos (“rising forest”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bʏs/
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  • Hyphenation: Bus
  • Rhymes: -ʏs
  • Homophone: bus

Proper noun

Bus n

  1. A hamlet in Bernheze, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.
  2. A hamlet in Meierijstad, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.

References
  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German

Etymology

From Omnibus, with influence from English bus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bʊs/
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  • audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʊs

Usage notes

The computer bus may also be pronounced as in English.

Noun

Bus m (strong, genitive Busses, plural Busse)

  1. bus (public transport)
  2. (computing) bus (on a computer mainboard)

Declension
Declension of Bus [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Bus die Busse
genitive eines des Busses der Busse
dative einem dem Bus, Busse1 den Bussen
accusative einen den Bus die Busse

1Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

Further reading
  • “Bus” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Bus” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Bus” in Duden online
  • Bus on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Omnibus, with influence from English bus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bus/
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Noun

Bus m (plural Bussen)

  1. bus
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