Büste

• The word was borrowed from Italian busto and French buste in the 18th century:[1] More precisely, at the beginning of the 18th century the German words Busto and Buste were borrowed from the Italian busto, and since the 2nd half of the 18th century, under influence of the French buste which was also borrowed from Italian, the German word Büste was applied in general use.[2] Further details about the origin are not certain.[1] The Italian word might be a borrowing from Latin bustum “funeral pyre, place where corpses are burned; burial mound” presuming that bustum in the sense of “tomb” could denote a figural representation of the person deceased.[2]
• In the sense of “female breast, bosom”[1][2] it is applied in general use since the middle[2] of the 19th century[1][2] as a probable new borrowing from French buste “idem”.[2]

• IPA^(key): /ˈbʏstə/[3], /ˈbyːstə/[4]

Büste f (genitive Büste, plural Büsten)

1. (art) bust (sculptural portrayal of a person′s head and shoulders)

   eine Büste aus Marmor, Bronze, Gips

   a bust made of marble, bronze, plaster (of Paris)

   eine Büste aufstellen, in Stein meißeln

   to erect a bust, to chisel a bust into stone

   eine Büste bekränzen, mit Lorbeer umwinden

   to 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.

2. (anatomy) bust (the breast and upper thorax of a woman)

   Synonyms: Brust, Busen

   eine gut geformte, gut entwickelte Büste

   a well shaped, well formed bust

   ein Kleid mit ausgearbeiteter Büste

   a dress with a carved out bust

3. (tailoring, dressmaking) (tailor′s, dressmaker′s) dummy

   Synonyms: Schneiderbüste, Schneiderpuppe

   ein Kleid über die Büste ziehen

   to put/slip a dress on the dummy

   ein Kleid nach der Büste abstecken

   to fit/pin a dress with the help of a dummy

Büste n (genitive Büstes)

1. name of a village that is an incorporated part of the town of Bismarck, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

• 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 canoo.net
• “Büste” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• Büste (Bismark) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de