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German
Etymology
From Middle High German buosem, from Old High German buosum, from Proto-Germanic *bōsmaz. Cognate with Dutch boezem, English bosom.
Pronunciation
Noun
Busen m (strong, genitive Busens, plural Busen)
- (anatomy) a woman’s breasts collectively
- Synonyms: Brust, Brüste
- (dated, poetic) bosom, a person’s chest, breast; (especially) the bulge of the garment around it
- Synonym: Brust
- eine Schlange im Busen tragen / nähren ― to carry / nurture a snake in one’s bosom
- (poetic, figurative) bosom (seat of thoughts and feelings)
- Synonyms: Brust, Herz, Innerstes
1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Zueignung”, in Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil [Faust, Part One]; republished as Bayard Taylor, transl., 1870:Mein Busen fühlt sich jugendlich erschüttert / Vom Zauberhauch der euren Zug umwittert- My bosom thrills, with youthful passion shaken, / From magic airs that round your march awaken
- (geography, chiefly in Meerbusen) bay, bight, gulf (area of sea)
- Synonyms: (main form) Bucht, (rarer) Golf, Bai
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Further reading
- “Busen” in Duden online
- “Busen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache