🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

bömisch / bohème

Native Script:boheme

Pronunciation / Transliteration: bo-he-misch

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Bohemian/boʊˈhiː.mi.ən/
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Sie lebten in einer bohemianischen Künstler-WG."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Living in a very informal or unconventional way, typically associated with artists, writers, and musicians.

    "They lived a bohemian lifestyle in a small apartment filled with books and canvases."
As noun
  1. 1

    A person, especially an artist or writer, who lives an informal and unconventional life.

    "The coastal town attracted various bohemians seeking inspiration and freedom from societal norms."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle French 'Bohémien', historically mistakenly believed to have originated in Bohemia, a region in the Czech Republic, used to refer to Romani people. By the 19th century in France, the term evolved to describe unconventional artists, writers, and intellectuals living marginalized, free-spirited lifestyles.

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