Borste

== 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] Hyphenation: Bors‧te === Noun === Borste f (genitive Borste, plural Borsten) bristle ==== Declension ==== ==== 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