fürbass

See also: fürbaß

German

Alternative forms

  • fürbaß (deprecated in the 1996 spelling reform)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German vürbaz, from Old High German furibaz. By surface analysis, für +‎ bass.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fyːrˈbas/, [fy(ː)ɐ̯ˈbas]
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
  • Hyphenation: für‧bass
  • Rhymes: -as

Adverb

fürbass (highly archaic, now at most in deliberate humorous archaization)

  1. on, onwards, forwards, past
    Synonyms: weiter, voran, vorbei, vorwärts
    Ein älterer Mann sah uns: „Ihr tickt doch nicht mehr sauber!“ – sprach’s und schritt fürbass.
    An older man saw us: “You must be off your heads!” – said it and walked past.
    (Here the archaic turn of phrase would be humorously contrasted with the colloquial comment.)
    • 1827, Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder [Book of Songs]‎[1], Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe:
      Ich ging fürbaß, und wie ich ging, / Da sah ich vor mir liegen, / Auf freiem Platz, ein großes Schloß, / Die Giebel hoch aufstiegen.
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