Holunderbusch
German, noun/hoˈlʊndɐbʊʃ/
Holunderbusch is spelled H-O-L-U-N-D-E-R-B-U-S-C-H (13 letters) and appears about once in every 69 million words in written German, the 515,032nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Holunderbusch is a German masculine noun meaning “elder bush (A small tree or shrub, often specifically the European species Sambucus nigra.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Busch des Holunders”.
What does Holunderbusch mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineelder bush (A small tree or shrub, often specifically the European species Sambucus nigra.)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Busch des Holunders
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 Holunderbusch
- Holunderbusches genitive
- Holunderbuschs genitive
- Holunderbüsche plural
- Holunderbusche dative singular
- Holunderbüschen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Holunderbusch?
- /hoˈlʊndɐbʊʃ/
- [hoˈlʊndɐˌbʊʃ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Holunderbusch in German?
Holunderbusch appears about once in every 69 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).