Biography.guide
Home › People › Linguist › Hadumod Bußmann
Portrait of Hadumod Bußmann

Hadumod Bußmann

b. 1933

German linguist

Don't just read it — keep itBiographies to ownE-book · Audio · Video From $7 →

About Hadumod Bußmann

Born 1933. Hadumod Bußmann is a German linguist, literary scholar and university teacher.

Hadumod Bußmann (born 5 June 1933 in Frankfurt am Main) is a German linguist.

Life

After graduating from Schillerschule in Frankfurt in 1953, Hadumod Bußmann was an assistant editor in the theater department of Fischer-Verlag from 1954 to 1961. She studied German Studies, Romance Studies and Art History at Goethe University Frankfurt and LMU Munich. During her studies, Bußmann spent extended periods at the University of London and the University of Paris. From 1963, she was a research associate at the Institute for German Philology at LMU Munich. In 1967, Hadumod Bußmann received her doctorate in medieval studies with a dissertation on Eilhart von Oberg's Tristrant. She taught Germanic Linguistics at LMU Munich from 1971 to 1997, where she was also Women's Representative and spokesperson for the State Conference of University Women's Representatives in Bavaria from 1990.

Since her retirement, Hadumod Bußmann has worked as a freelance author and publicist in the fields of History of Science by Women and Gender Difference and Language.

Honors

2005: Preis der Peregrinus-Stiftung

Writings

Lexikon der Sprachwissenschaft. 1. Auflage. Kröner, Stuttgart 1983, ISBN 3-520-45201-4. – Seither zahlreiche weitere Auflagen. with Renate Hof (Hrsg.): Genus. Zur Geschlechterdifferenz in den Kulturwissenschaften. Kröner, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-520-49201-6. with Hiltrud Häntzschel (Hrsg.): Bedrohlich gescheit. Ein Jahrhundert Frauen und Wissenschaft in Bayern. Beck, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-406-41857-0. Marlis Hellinger, Hadumod Bußmann: Gender Across Languages: The Linguistic Representation of Women and Men. 3 Bände. Benjamins, Amsterdam, Philadelphia 2001 (englisch). with Renate Hof (Hrsg.): Genus. Geschlechterforschung. Gender Studies in den Kultur- und Sozialwissenschaften. Ein Handbuch. Kröner, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-520-82201-6. Ich habe mich vor nichts im Leben gefürchtet. Die ungewöhnliche Geschichte der Prinzessin Therese von Bayern. C.H. Beck, München 2011, ISBN 978-3-406-61353-1. Die Prinzessin und ihr »Kavalier«. Therese von Bayern und Maximilian Freiherr von Speidel auf Brasilien-Expedition im Jahr 1888. Allitera Verlag, München 2013, ISBN 978-3-86906-185-6. Prinzessin Dr. h. c. Therese von Bayern. Ihr Leben zwischen München und Bodensee – zwischen Standespflichten und Selbstbestimmung. Allitera Verlag, München 2015, ISBN 978-3-86906-747-6.

Biography shop

Don’t just read it —
keep it.

Full-length biographies made to live with: read them, listen on the way to work, watch them tonight.

  • E-book
  • Audio
  • Video
Browse the shop — from $7

Instant download · yours to keep · every purchase keeps this site free

Important facts

Birth century
Nationality
Employers
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Awards
Prize of the Peregrinus Foundation
Also known as
Hadumod Bussmann

People in Hadumod Bußmann's life

Named in this biography and alive at the same time

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Hadumod Bußmann's

Frequently asked questions

Who is Hadumod Bußmann?

German linguist (1933-)

When was Hadumod Bußmann born?

Hadumod Bußmann was born on 5 June 1933 in Frankfurt.

What is Hadumod Bußmann's occupation?

Hadumod Bußmann is a linguist, literary scholar and university teacher.

What nationality is Hadumod Bußmann?

Hadumod Bußmann is German.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Hadumod Bußmann

· Wikidata: Q1567629

· DBpedia: Hadumod Bußmann

Cite this page

APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Hadumod Bußmann. https://biography.guide/hadumod-bussmann/

MLA: "Hadumod Bußmann." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/hadumod-bussmann/.

Chicago: "Hadumod Bußmann." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/hadumod-bussmann/.

Data last updated: 2026-09-20 · Spot an error? Report a correction.

Page generated 2026-09-27 05:20 UTC