bubbe

[ buhb-ee, boo-bee, buhb-uh, boo-buh ]

noun

, Yiddish.

1. (used as a title or term of address) grandmother.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bubbe¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; from Yiddish bobe, from Polish baba

Example Sentences

Would your bubbe like a side of merch with that gefilte fish?

From New York Times

NATTIV: It was Gideon Meir, her grandson, who said to me, ‘I see Helen as my grandmother. I see her as Bubbe.’

From Seattle Times

"It's Chanukkah, Bubbe, I don't have time for deep thoughts: just latkes, dreidels and menorahs."

From Salon

Amy Irving plays Isabelle Grossman, a bookseller whose bubbe on the Lower East Side turns to a matchmaker to find love for her granddaughter.

From New York Times

“She also brings along four of her characters, which she plays herself: bubbe Lorraine; Bella, a sex-work studies major; Rashid, an Uber driver; and Nereida, a women’s rights advocate. The quartet provide comic relief, and more.”

From Washington Post