# der Nebenbuhler

der Nebenbuhler is a German noun meaning “rival”. Forms: des Nebenbuhlers, die Nebenbuhler.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Nebenbuhlers
- Plural: die Nebenbuhler

## In other languages

- Русский: соперник

## Meanings

1. _archaic_ rival (especially romantic)
   - Nicht so leicht beruhigt sich der Landjunge, wenn ihm sein Mädchen von einem Nebenbuhler streitig gemacht wird. — Not so easily does the boy from the country calm down if a rival tries to take away his girlfriend.

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