"BU" meaning in German

See BU in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: De-BU.ogg
Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} BU f (genitive BU, plural BUen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: BU [genitive], BUen [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], BU [nominative, singular], BUen [definite, nominative, plural], BU [genitive, singular], BUen [definite, genitive, plural], BU [dative, singular], BUen [dative, definite, plural], BU [accusative, singular], BUen [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (insurance) abbreviation of Berufsunfähigkeit or Berufsunfähigkeitsversicherung Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, feminine Alternative form of: Berufsunfähigkeit or Berufsunfähigkeitsversicherung
    Sense id: en-BU-de-noun-u8-3LoTv Categories (other): Insurance Topics: business, insurance
  2. (marketing, journalism) abbreviation of Bildunterschrift Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, feminine Alternative form of: Bildunterschrift
    Sense id: en-BU-de-noun-z-KLigLN Categories (other): Marketing, Mass media, German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 32 68 Topics: business, journalism, marketing, media
     
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