Bambus

See also: bambus

German

Etymology

    From early modern Dutch bamboes (contemporary bamboe), from Portuguese bambus, plural of bambu, from Malay bambu, from Kannada ಬಂಬು (bambu).

    Pronunciation

    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

    Noun

    Bambus m (strong, genitive Bambusses, plural Bambusse)

    1. bamboo

    Declension

    Declension of Bambus [masculine, strong]
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative ein der Bambus die Bambusse
    genitive eines des Bambusses der Bambusse
    dative einem dem Bambus, Bambusse1 den Bambussen
    accusative einen den Bambus die Bambusse

    1Now rare, see notes.

    Descendants

    • → Czech: bambus
    • → Danish: bambus
    • → Faroese: bambus
    • → Hungarian: bambusz
    • → Icelandic: bambus
    • → Latvian: bambuss
    • → Macedonian: бамбус (bambus)
    • → Polish: bambus
    • → Romanian: bambus
    • → Serbo-Croatian:
    • → Slovak: bambus
    • → Slovene: bambus

    Further reading

    • “Bambus” in Duden online
    • “Bambus” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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