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/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Bus
• Rhymes: -ʏs
• Homophone: bus

Proper noun

Bus n

1. A hamlet in Bernheze, North Brabant, Netherlands
2. A hamlet in Meierijstad, North 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/

• Audio:

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• Audio:

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• 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

• Autobus
• Schulbus
• Überlandbus (“intercity bus”)

Related terms

• Datenbus
• Omnibus
• Busfahrt
• Busbahnhof
• Busfahrer

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/

• Audio:

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Noun

Bus m (plural Bussen)

1. bus