Schusterjunge

German

Etymology

From Schuster +‎ Junge.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Schusterjunge m (weak, genitive Schusterjungen, plural Schusterjungen)

1. A cobbler's son, a shoemaker's son.
2. A cobbler's apprentice, a shoemaker's apprentice.
3. (Berlin dialect) A rye bread roll, rye roll, rye bun
4. (typography) An orphan, an orphaned word, an orphaned line.
5. A special, traditional costume worn at the Cologne Carnival (German: Kölner Karneval).

Declension

Declension of Schusterjunge [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Schusterjunge	die	Schusterjungen
genitive	eines	des	Schusterjungen	der	Schusterjungen
dative	einem	dem	Schusterjungen	den	Schusterjungen
accusative	einen	den	Schusterjungen	die	Schusterjungen

Synonyms

• (baked goods): (quadratisches) Roggenbrötchen
• (typesetting): Waisenkind

Coordinate terms

• (typesetting): Hurenkind (“widow, widowed word, widowed line”)

Further reading

• “Schusterjunge” in Duden online