Bauch
See also: bauch
German
Etymology
From Middle High German būch, from Old High German būh, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, body”). More at bouk.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baʊ̯x/
Audio (file) Audio (file)
Noun
Bauch m (strong, genitive Bauches or Bauchs, plural Bäuche, diminutive Bäuchlein n or Bäuchelchen n)
- abdomen, belly
- Mein Bauch tut mir so weh!
- My belly hurts so bad!
Declension
Declension of Bauch [masculine, strong]
singular | plural | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | der | Bauch | die | Bäuche |
genitive | eines | des | Bauches, Bauchs | der | Bäuche |
dative | einem | dem | Bauch, Bauche1 | den | Bäuchen |
accusative | einen | den | Bauch | die | Bäuche |
1Now uncommon, see notes.
Hyponyms
- Bierbauch
- Schmerbauch
Derived terms
- bauchig
Related terms
- Bauchatmung
- Bauchfell
- Bauchgefühl
- Bauchgurt
- Bauchhöhle
- Bauchladen
- Bauchlandung
- Bauchnabel
- Bauchredner
- Bauchschmerzen
- Bauchspeichel
- Bauchtasche
See also
- Magen
Proper noun
Bauch m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Bauchs or (with an article) Bauch, feminine genitive Bauch, plural Bauchs)
- a surname
Further reading
- “Bauch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Bauch” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Bauch” in Duden online
- Bauch on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Bauch”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From Middle High German būch, from Old High German būh, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, body”). More at bouk.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [bæːʊ̯χ]
Noun
Bauch m (plural Bäich)
- stomach, belly