böse

Meaning

Opposite of
gut, brav
Frequency

A2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

bees

Zürich

Zürich

bös

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

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.

Notes

Sign in to write sticky notes