# Büste
## German
### Etymology 1

* The word was borrowed from Italian busto and French buste in the 18th century: More precisely, at the beginning of the 18th century the Busto and Buste were borrowed from Italian busto, and since the 2nd half of the 18th century, under influence of French buste which was also borrowed from Italian, the German word Büste was applied in general use. Further details about the origin are not certain. The Italian word might be from Latin bustum (“funeral pyre, burial mound”), presuming that bustum in the sense of tomb could denote a figural representation of the person deceased.
* In the sense of “female breast, bosom” it is applied in general use since the middle of the 19th century as a probable new borrowing from French buste “idem”.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbʏstə/, /byːstə/
* Audio:(file)

#### Noun

Büste f (genitive Büste, plural Büsten)
* (art) bust (sculptural portrayal of a person′s head and shoulders)
    eine Büste aus Marmor, Bronze, Gipsa bust made of marble, bronze, plaster (of Paris)
    eine Büste aufstellen, in Stein meißelnto erect a bust, to chisel a bust into stone
    eine Büste bekränzen, mit Lorbeer umwindento crown a bust with a wreath, to wreathe a bust with laurel
** 1891, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer: Angela Borgia. Novelle. 1st edition, Leipzig: H. Haessel, (GoogleBooks; retrieved October 14, 2015), p. 140:
    Denn die Büsten der sieben römischen Könige standen auf ehernen Säulen längs den Wänden.For the busts of the seven Roman kings were placed on metal pillars along the walls.
* (anatomy) bust (the breast and upper thorax of a woman)
    Synonyms: Brust, Busen
    eine gut geformte, gut entwickelte Büstea well shaped, well formed bust
    ein Kleid mit ausgearbeiteter Büstea dress with a carved out bust
* (tailoring, dressmaking) (tailor′s, dressmaker′s) dummy
    Synonyms: Schneiderbüste, Schneiderpuppe
    ein Kleid über die Büste ziehento put/slip a dress on the dummy
    ein Kleid nach der Büste absteckento fit/pin a dress with the help of a dummy

##### Derived terms

* Bronzebüste
* Büstenpfeiler
* Cäsarenbüste
* Frauenbüste
* Gedenkbüste
* Gipsbüste
* Marmorbüste
* Porträtbüste, Portraitbüste
* Büstenhalter m (“brassiere”)
* Kleiderbüste
* Schneiderbüste

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbʏstə/

#### Proper noun

Büste n (proper noun, genitive Büstes or (optionally with an article) Büste)
* A village incorporated in the town of Bismark (Altmark), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

### Further reading

* “Büste” in Duden online
* “Büste” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “Büste” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
* “Büste” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
* Büste (Bismark) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{de}$

### References

* 1 2 3 4 Friedrich Kluge, revised by Elmar Seebold: Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache. 24th, checked through and expanded edition. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin/New York 2001, →ISBN, p. 163.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 “Büste” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* ↑ Max Mangold and Dudenredaktion: Duden Aussprachewörterbuch. In: Der Duden in zwölf Bänden. 6th edition. Volume 6, Dudenverlag, Mannheim/Leipzig/Wien/Zürich 2005, →ISBN, p. 225.
* ↑ Eva-Maria Krech, Eberhard Stock, Ursula Hirschfeld, Lutz Christian Anders et al.: Deutsches Aussprachewörterbuch: Mit Beiträgen von Walter Haas, Ingrid Hove, Peter Wiesinger. 1st edition. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin/New York 2009, →ISBN, p. 393.