Bastard

See also: bastard

English

Proper noun

Bastard (plural Bastards)

1. A surname from Old French.

Anagrams

• Barstad, batards, tabards

German

Etymology

From Middle High German bastart, basthart (“illegitimate child of a nobleman”), from Old French bastart, probably from Frankish, but the precise derivation is uncertain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbastart/, [ˈbastaʁt], [-taɐ̯t], [-ta(ː)t]

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Noun

Bastard m (strong, genitive Bastardes or Bastards, plural Bastarde, feminine Bastardin)

1. (derogatory) bastard (person born to unmarried parents)

   Synonyms: (dated) Bankert, (offensive) Hurenkind, (dated) Kebskind

2. (usually derogatory) bastard; mongrel (person born to parents considered incongruous in class, race, etc.; male or unspecified sex)

   Synonyms: Blendling, Mischling, Kreuzling

3. (biology, zoology, botany) crossbreed, hybrid, mongrel (male or of unspecified gender)

   Synonyms: Blendling, Mischling, Kreuzling, Kreuzung, Hybride, Hybrid

Usage notes

• The German word is also used an insult, but not as frequently as in English. The connection with “ignoble extraction” is still clearly felt (which is not always the case in English).

Declension

Declension of Bastard [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Bastard	die	Bastarde
genitive	eines	des	Bastardes, Bastards	der	Bastarde
dative	einem	dem	Bastard, Bastarde1	den	Bastarden
accusative	einen	den	Bastard	die	Bastarde

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

(person):

• Bastardsohn

(biology):

• Bastardpflanze
• Bastardtier

Derived terms

• Artbastard
• Bastard-Amarant
• Bastard-Beinwell
• Bastard-Brunnenkresse
• Bastard-Chinchilla
• Bastard-Eberesche
• Bastard-Eibisch
• Bastard-Elsbeere
• Bastard-Flügelknöterich
• Bastard-Frauenmantel
• Bastard-Fuchs
• Bastard-Fuchsschwanz
• Bastard-Gänsefuß
• Bastard-Gänsefuss
• Bastard-Hahnenfuß
• Bastard-Hahnenfuss
• Bastard-Klee
• Bastard-Mehlbeere
• Bastard-Mohn
• Bastard-Ohrweide
• Bastard-Platane
• Bastard-Pop
• Bastard-Schwarz-Pappel
• Bastard-Schwertlilie
• Bastard-Strandsimse
• Bastardadler
• Bastardamarant
• Bastardbildung
• Bastardeberesche
• Bastardeibisch
• Bastardelsbeere
• Bastardfaden
• Bastardfeile
• Bastardfeudalismus
• Bastardfrauenmantel
• Bastardfuchs
• Bastardfuchsschwanz
• Bastardgänsefuß
• Bastardgänsefuss
• Bastardhahnenfuß
• Bastardhahnenfuss
• Bastardhund
• Bastardieren
• bastardieren
• Bastardierung
• Bastardindigo
• Bastardisierung
• Bastardklee
• Bastardmakrele
• Bastardmelisse
• Bastardmohn
• Bastardpflanze
• Bastardplatane
• Bastardschaft
• Bastardschildkröte
• Bastardschwamm
• Bastardschwert
• Bastardschwertlilie
• Bastardschwingel
• Bastardsenf
• Bastardsohn
• Bastardstaudenknöterich
• Bastardsterilität
• Bastardtaubnessel
• Bastardtier
• Bastardtruhe
• Bastardweidelgras
• Bastardwort
• Bastardzeder
• Bastardzunge
• Fuchsbastard
• Gattungsbastard
• Rheinlandbastard

 

Further reading

• “Bastard” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Bastard” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Bastard” in Duden online