Buschfunk
German, noun/ˈbʊʃˌfʊŋk/
Buschfunk is spelled B-U-S-C-H-F-U-N-K (9 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written German, the 219,861st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Buschfunk is a German masculine noun meaning “bush telegraph, gossip network, grapevine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “vertraulicher Austausch, Bekanntwerden von offiziell (noch) nicht bestätigten Informationen oder Gerüchten”.
What does Buschfunk mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebush telegraph, gossip network, grapevine
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vertraulicher Austausch, Bekanntwerden von offiziell (noch) nicht bestätigten Informationen oder Gerüchten
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 Buschfunk
- Buschfunks genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Buschfunk?
- /ˈbʊʃˌfʊŋk/
- [ˈbʊʃˌfʊŋk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Buschfunk in German?
Buschfunk appears about once in every 15 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).