bully

Bully is a slang term for a rude person (cf. Rüpel and Brute ), it is used jokingly especially for naughty children.

The word goes back to the old French ribaut , “ Lüstling , whore bock ” (cf. French ribaud ) via Dutch rabauw “rogue, tramp ” . It has been common in German colloquial language since around 1900.

Web links

Wiktionary: bully - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Individual evidence

↑ Bully. In: Digital dictionary of the German language . Retrieved on August 20, 2019 According to: Wolfgang Pfeifer, Etymological Dictionary of German . 2nd Edition. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1993.

[1] Bully. In: Digital dictionary of the German language . Retrieved on August 20, 2019 According to: Wolfgang Pfeifer, Etymological Dictionary of German . 2nd Edition. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1993.