böse
Opposite of
gut, brav
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbøːzə/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German bœse, bōse, from Old High German bōsi, from Proto-West Germanic *bausī, from Proto-Germanic *bausuz (“inflated, puffed up, arrogant, bad”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew-, *bew- (“to blow, inflate, swell”), akin to Yiddish בייז (beyz), Dutch boos, and English boast.
Related words
a few sandwiches short of a picnic
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