# der Schusterjunge

der Schusterjunge is a German noun meaning “orphan”. Forms: des Schusterjungen, die Schusterjungen.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Schusterjungen
- Plural: die Schusterjungen

## In other languages

- Русский: ученик сапожника, мальчик

## Meanings

1. A cobbler's son, a shoemaker's son.
2. A cobbler's apprentice, a shoemaker's apprentice.
3. _Berlin · dialectal_ A rye bread roll, rye roll, rye bun
4. An orphan, an orphaned word, an orphaned line.
5. A special, traditional costume worn at the Cologne Carnival (German: Kölner Karneval).
6. _archaic_ shoemaker's boy
   - Der Schusterjunge bringt morgen die Stiefel vorbei.
7. _Typographie_ orphan
   - Schusterjunge und Hurenkind muss nun wirklich nicht jeder kennen.

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