"Bonbon" meaning in German

See Bonbon in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /bɔ̃ˈbɔ̃/, [bɔ̃ˈbɔ̃ː], [bɔŋˈbɔŋ], [bɔm-], /ˈbɔm.bɔŋ/ Audio: De-Bonbon.ogg [Germany, Berlin], De-Bonbon2.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *dwenos Old Latin duenos Old Latin duonus Latin bonus Old French bon Middle French bon French bonredup. French bonbonbor. German Bonbon Borrowed from French bonbon. Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:bor|fr:bonbon|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.? Proto-Italic *dwenos Old Latin duenos Old Latin duonus Latin bonus Old French bon Middle French bon French bonredup. French bonbonbor. German Bonbon [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "redup.", "keyword_label" : "Reduplication of", "terms" : [ { "id" : "good", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "good", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "good", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "good", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "id" : "to fit", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*dewh₂-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*dwenos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old Latin", "term" : "duenos", "lang" : "itc-ola" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old Latin", "term" : "duonus", "lang" : "itc-ola" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "bonus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "bon", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle French", "term" : "bon", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "frm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "bon", "gloss" : "good", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "reduplication" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "bonbon", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Bonbon", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "de" }" data-lang="de" data-title="Bonbon">, {{bor+|de|fr|bonbon}} Borrowed from French bonbon Head templates: {{de-noun|n:m,,s}} Bonbon n or m (strong, genitive Bonbons, plural Bonbons) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n:m,,s}} Forms: Bonbons [genitive], Bonbons [plural], strong [table-tags], Bonbon [definite, nominative, singular], Bonbons [definite, nominative, plural], Bonbons [genitive, singular], Bonbons [definite, genitive, plural], Bonbon [dative, singular], Bonbons [dative, definite, plural], Bonbon [accusative, definite, singular], Bonbons [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. hard candy Tags: masculine, neuter, strong Synonyms: Bollchen, Bonschen, Klümpchen, Gutti, Zuckerl
    Sense id: en-Bonbon-de-noun-TCE5rLg9 Categories (other): Pages with entries, German entries with etymology trees, German entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymology trees, Sweets Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 5 32 34 12 0 9 1 0 Disambiguation of German entries with etymology trees: 97 3 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 99 1 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 97 3 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 96 4 Disambiguation of Sweets: 75 25
  2. (regional) sweet, candy in general Tags: masculine, neuter, regional, strong Derived forms: Knallbonbon (english: Christmas cracker) Related terms: Bonbonniere
    Sense id: en-Bonbon-de-noun-YDadNt2z Categories (other): Regional German

Inflected forms

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