Polyglot Dictionary

Buße

/ˈbuːsə/

die noun B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Bußen

Meaning

  1. penance, atonement

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Usage notes

Im religiösen Kontext eine freiwillige Reue-Handlung für eine Sünde. Dasselbe Wort ist, verwirrenderweise, auch der juristische Alltagsbegriff für eine "Geldstrafe" (z. B. ein Bußgeld) — der Kontext entscheidet, welche Bedeutung gemeint ist.

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