Azubine

German

Alternative forms

• Azubiene

Etymology

From Azubi +‎ -ine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /at͡suˈbiːnə/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Azubine f (genitive Azubine, plural Azubinen)

1. (colloquial, humorous) short for Auszubildende (female apprentice, trainee)

   Synonym: Azubi f

Usage notes

• Much more informal than the form Azubi m or f. Also possibly (though not usually) offensive because of the phonetic association with Biene (“sexually attractive woman”).

Declension

Declension of Azubine [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Azubine	die	Azubinen
genitive	einer	der	Azubine	der	Azubinen
dative	einer	der	Azubine	den	Azubinen
accusative	eine	die	Azubine	die	Azubinen

Further reading

• “Azubine” in Duden online
• “Azubine”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–