Schusterjunge

German

Etymology

From Schuster +‎ Junge.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Schusterjunge m (genitive Schusterjungen, plural Schusterjungen)

A cobbler's son, a shoemaker's son.
A cobbler's apprentice, a shoemaker's apprentice.
(Berlin dialect) A rye bread roll, rye roll, rye bun
(typography) An orphan, an orphaned word, an orphaned line.
A special, traditional costume worn at the Cologne Carnival (German: Kölner Karneval).

Synonyms

(baked goods): (quadratisches) Roggenbrötchen
(typesetting): Waisenkind

Coordinate terms

(typesetting): Hurenkind (“widow, widowed word, widowed line”)

Further reading

Schusterjunge in Duden online

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