böse
Meaning
-
- evil; malicious; wicked
- bad; naughty
- (predicative) angry
Concepts
a few sandwiches short of a picnic
Synonyms
verderbtheit
übelwollend
in Brast
in Rage
pissig
so eine Krawatte haben
so einen Hals haben
gram sein
in heiligem Zorn
einen Hals haben
Hass haben auf
über Leichen gehend
hundig
eingeschnappt
verabscheuenswert
schlech
unbamherzig
voller Sünde
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbøːzə/
Etymology
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.
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