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Bastard.

bastard (person born to unmarried parents)

7 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈbastart/[ˈbastaʁt][-taɐ̯t][-ta(ː)t]
  1. bastard (person born to unmarried parents)

    derogatory · masculine · strong
  2. bastard; mongrel (person born to parents considered incongruous in class, race, etc.; male or unspecified sex)

    derogatory · masculine · strong · usually
  3. crossbreed, hybrid, mongrel (male or of unspecified gender)

    masculine · strong
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German bastart, basthart (“illegitimate child of a nobleman”), from Old French bastart, probably from Frankish, but the precise derivation is uncertain.

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