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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch bunsinc, bonsinc, also boesinc, businc. Further etymology unknown, not found outside the Ingvaeonic language area. Probably a derivative of the dialectal term boes (“stable”) with the now-unproductive suffix -ing (“originating from, inhabitant of”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbʏn.zɪŋ/
- Hyphenation: bun‧zing
Noun
bunzing m (plural bunzingen, diminutive bunzinkje n)
- European polecat (Mustela putorius)
- Synonyms: stinkmarter, ulk, visse
- Hyponym: fret
- Die boot stinkt als een bunzing. ― That boat stinks like a polecat.
- any polecat in general
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