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Hi! Mark J. Reed writes: > Knabe, eh? Funny, I don't recall that word from German class. > Obviously the source for E-o knabo.. It's mostly obsolete today, both spoken and written, so probably that's why it's not taught. You'll mostly find it in texts well > 50yo. _Jüngling_ is also quite old-fashioned and fairy tale register. _Bursche_ sounds like old-fashioned farmers/craftmen register but may also be used in some dialects. The only neutral word in the Meyer-Lübke list for me would be _Junge_. There is also _Bub_ (southern German, i.g. Bavaria) 'boy' or and _Bube_ 'jack (cards)' (standard language). Ok, ok, this has nothing to do with romlangs... **Henrik