Nebenbuhler
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈneːbn̩ˌbuːlɐ]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Ne‧ben‧buh‧ler
Noun
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- rival (especially romantic)
- Synonyms: Konkurrent, Rivale
- 1793, Johann Gottfried Pahl, Ueber die Liebe unter dem Landvolk, in: Die Einsiedlerin aus den Alpen, vol. 3, issue 8, Orell, Geßner, Füßli & Comp., page 142:
- Nicht so leicht beruhigt sich der Landjunge, wenn ihm sein Mädchen von einem Nebenbuhler streitig gemacht wird.
- Not so easily does the boy from the country calm down if a rival tries to take away his girlfriend.
Declension
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Derived terms
- Nebenbuhlerschaft
Related terms
Further reading
- “Nebenbuhler” in Duden online
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