Noun: Büste
Gender: Feminine
Hyphenation:
Nominative
Indefinite
| Singular | eine Büste |
| Plural | Büsten |
Definite
| Singular | die Büste |
| Plural | die Büsten |
Genitive
Indefinite
| Singular | einer Büste |
| Plural | Büsten |
Definite
| Singular | der Büste |
| Plural | der Büsten |
Dative
Indefinite
| Singular | einer Büste |
| Plural | Büsten |
Definite
| Singular | der Büste |
| Plural | den Büsten |
Accusative
Indefinite
| Singular | eine Büste |
| Plural | Büsten |
Definite
| Singular | die Büste |
| Plural | die Büsten |
Sample Sentences
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eine Büste aus Marmor, Bronze, Gips (a bust made of marble, bronze, plaster (of Paris))
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eine Büste aufstellen, in Stein meißeln (to erect a bust, to chisel a bust into stone)
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eine Büste bekränzen, mit Lorbeer umwinden (to crown a bust with a wreath, to wreathe a bust with laurel)
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1891, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer: Angela Borgia. Novelle. 1st edition, Leipzig: H. Haessel, (GoogleBooks; retrieved October 14, 2015), p. 140 (For the busts of the seven Roman kings were placed on metal pillars along the walls.)
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eine gut geformte, gut entwickelte Büste (a well shaped, well formed bust)
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ein Kleid mit ausgearbeiteter Büste (a dress with a carved out bust)
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ein Kleid über die Büste ziehen (to put/slip a dress on the dummy)
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ein Kleid nach der Büste abstecken (to fit/pin a dress with the help of a dummy)
Nouns inflected like Büste
Teetasse,
Hemmschwelle,
Türangel,
Entspannungspause,
Umgehungsstraße,
Schuppenflechte,
Glasplatte,
Türfalle,
Teestube,
Drossel,
Biosynthese,
Briefklammer,
Bandbrasse,
Bandbreite,
Eisscholle,
Bauweise,
Umhängetasche,
Schwester,
K-Frage,
Abflughalle, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. * The word was borrowed from Italian busto and French buste in the 18th century: More precisely, at the beginning of the 18th century the Busto and Buste were borrowed from Italian busto, and since the 2nd half of the 18th century, under influence of French buste which was also borrowed from Italian, the German word Büste was applied in general use. Further details about the origin are not certain. The Italian word might be from Latin bustum (“funeral pyre, burial mound”), presuming that bustum in the sense of tomb could denote a figural representation of the person deceased.
2. * In the sense of “female breast, bosom” it is applied in general use since the middle of the 19th century as a probable new borrowing from French buste “idem”. See: Italian Nouns '
busto', French Nouns '
buste', Italian Nouns '
busto', French Nouns '
buste', Latin Nouns '
bustum', French Nouns '
buste'.
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