how to pronounce bus

/bʊs/

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bus is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of bus in a speech by a native speaker of standard german:

“… auch dass ich in einem bus das ist ein …”

meanings of bus

noun:

Bus (public transport).
Bus (on a computer mainboard).

bus frequency in german - A2 level of CEFR

the word bus occurs in german on average 69.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.