Bursche

== German == === Alternative forms === Bursch, Pursche, Pursch (community): Burse, Purse, Burs, Purs === Etymology === From Middle High German burse, from Old High German bursa, from Late Latin bursa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbʊrʃə/ === Noun === Bursche m (weak, genitive Burschen, plural Burschen, diminutive Bürschchen n) boy, young man (obsolete) student member of a student fraternity Synonyms: Burschenschafter, Burschenschaftler (dated) boy, young servant Synonym: Boy (colloquial in hunting and fishing) big catch ==== Declension ==== === Noun === Bursche f (genitive Bursche, plural Burschen) (obsolete, in the end derogatory) community or lodging of people working (or studying) together ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Burschenlied Burschenschaft === Further reading === “Bursche” in Duden online “Bursche” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “bursche” in Frühneuhochdeutsches Wörterbuch, Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, 1986–. “burse” in Frühneuhochdeutsches Wörterbuch, Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Göttingen, 1986–.