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Buben

German, noun[ˈbuːbn̩]

Buben is spelled B-U-B-E-N (5 letters) and appears 4.0 times per million words in written German, the 14,528th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Buben is a German noun meaning “genitive/dative/accusative singular” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does Buben mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    genitive/dative/accusative singular

  2. 2

    nominative/genitive/dative/accusative plural

noun

  1. 1

    genitive/dative/accusative singular

  2. 2

    nominative/genitive/dative/accusative plural

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Beischlaf mit einem Partner haben, mit dem man nicht verheiratet ist 2. lästern

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of Buben

  • bube present
  • bubst present
  • bubt present
  • bubte past
  • bub! imperative singular
  • bube! imperative singular
  • bubt! imperative plural
  • gebubt participle-2 perfect
  • haben auxiliary perfect
  • gebubt haben active infinitive perfect
  • zu buben active extended infinitive
  • gebubt zu haben active extended infinitive
  • bubend participle present active
  • habe gebubt! imperative uncommon second-person
  • bubet! imperative archaic second-person

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Buben?

  • [ˈbuːbn̩]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is Buben in German?

Buben appears 4.0 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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