Buße

See also: busse, Busse, and büße

German

Alternative forms

Busse (Switzerland)

Etymology

From Middle High German buoze, from Old High German buoza, from Proto-West Germanic *bōtu, akin to Old Saxon bōta and Dutch boete. More at English bote, boot.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈbuːsə]
Audio (file)

Noun

Buße f (genitive Buße, plural Bußen)

(uncountable) penance
Synonyms: Sühne, Reue
(countable) fine

Declension

Declension of Buße [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Buße	die	Bußen
genitive	einer	der	Buße	der	Bußen
dative	einer	der	Buße	den	Bußen
accusative	eine	die	Buße	die	Bußen

Related terms

büßen

Further reading

“Buße” in Duden online
“Buße” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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