Bückware

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German

Etymology

bücken (“to bend down”) +‎ Ware (“goods”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbʏkˌvaːʁə/
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Noun

Bückware f (genitive Bückware, plural Bückwaren)

  1. (colloquial, East Germany) under-the-counter goods
    • 2015, Marianne Kopp, Im Supermarkt des Lebens mit König Salomo: von DDR-Kaufhallen und Supermärkten, BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, page 37:
      Mangelware war, wenn überhaupt, nur als Bückware erhältlich. Biete – tausche, nach dieser Devise verlief damals unser Leben. Tausche Wartburg gegen Datsche.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of Bückware
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Bückware die Bückwaren
genitive einer der Bückware der Bückwaren
dative einer der Bückware den Bückwaren
accusative eine die Bückware die Bückwaren

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