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German
Etymology
Borrowed from French bamboula, originally prison slang.
Pronunciation
Noun
Bambule f (genitive Bambule, plural Bambulen)
- (uncommon) racket, revelry
- Synonym: Remmidemmi
1978, Jost Nolte, Schädliche Neigungen, Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer, →ISBN, pages 96–97:Diesmal faßte er sich kurz. Er sagte: »Wir haben hier eine Bambule gehabt. Ein paar Motorradknaben und ihre Mädchen haben Stunk gemacht. […] «- This time he was short. He said, "We had a mess here. A couple of motorcycle boys and their girls made a hassle. "
1996, Erich Loest, Durch die Erde ein Riss, München: DTV, →ISBN, page 392:Keine einzige freiwillige Überstunde. Messerscharf die Norm erfüllen, kein Prozent darüber. Und Bambule bei jedem Dreck! Das Wort Bambule hatten die Hallenser eingeschleppt, es hieß Krach, Stunk und war vom Unterweltswort zum Allerweltswort geworden. Bambule!- Not a single voluntary overtime hour. Fulfill the norm with razor sharpness, not a percentage higher. And bambule at every trifle! The Halle residents brought in the word bambule, it meant ruckus, stushie and had changed from an underworld word to an everyday word. Bambule!
Declension
Further reading
- “Bambule” in Duden online
- “Bambule” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache