Omnibus

See also: omnibus and ómnibus

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French (voiture) omnibus, from Latin omnibus (“[for] all, everyone”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Omnibus m (strong, genitive Omnibusses, plural Omnibusse)

1. omnibus

Declension

Declension of Omnibus [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Omnibus	die	Omnibusse
genitive	eines	des	Omnibusses	der	Omnibusse
dative	einem	dem	Omnibus, Omnibusse1	den	Omnibussen
accusative	einen	den	Omnibus	die	Omnibusse

¹Now rare, see notes.

Synonyms

• (in a strict sense): Autobus, Bus

Derived terms

• Autoomnibus
• Pferdeomnibus

Descendants

• → Hungarian: omnibusz

Further reading

• “Omnibus” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Omnibus” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Omnibus” in Duden online
• Omnibus on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de