Omnibus

See also: omnibus and ómnibus

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French voiture omnibus, from Latin omnibus (“[for] all, everyone”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

Omnibus m (strong, genitive Omnibusses, plural Omnibusse)

omnibus

Declension

Declension of Omnibus [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Omnibus	die	Omnibusse
genitive	eines	des	Omnibusses	der	Omnibusse
dative	einem	dem	Omnibus, Omnibusse¹	den	Omnibussen
accusative	einen	den	Omnibus	die	Omnibusse

¹Now rare, see notes.

Synonyms

(in a strict sense): Autobus, Bus

Derived terms

Autoomnibus
Pferdeomnibus

Further reading

“Omnibus” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Omnibus” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Omnibus” in Duden online
Omnibus on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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