Borste

See also: borste and børste

German

Etymology

From Middle High German borste, from Old High German borsta, bursta, from Proto-West Germanic *borstā, *burstā, an early stem variant of *bursti, whence German Bürste (“brush”), which compare. Both words originally meant “bristle”, the semantic distinction is a later development. Immediately cognate with Old Saxon bursta (also *borsta as evidenced by Westphalian Boarste, Buoste).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔrstə/, [ˈbɔʁs.tə], [ˈbɔɐ̯s.tə]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Hyphenation: Bors‧te

Noun

Borste f (genitive Borste, plural Borsten)

1. bristle

Declension

Declension of Borste [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Borste	die	Borsten
genitive	einer	der	Borste	der	Borsten
dative	einer	der	Borste	den	Borsten
accusative	eine	die	Borste	die	Borsten

Derived terms

• borstig
• Fühlerborste, Orbitalborste, Schwanzborste, Schweineborste
• Borstenkopfpapagei, Borstenschwanz, Borstentier, Borstenvieh

Further reading

• “Borste” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Borste” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Borste” in Duden online