Buch
Central Franconian
Etymology 1
From Middle High German būch, from Old High German būh.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bux/
Noun
Buch m (plural Büch, diminutive Büchelche)
- (Ripuarian) belly; abdomen; stomach
- Wa’ mer nühs em Buch hät, ka’ mer net ärbeede, on wa’ mer jrad jäße hät, moss mer sich iersch ens henläje.
- When you’ve nothing in your stomach, you can’t work, and when you’ve just eaten, you must first lie down a bit.
Alternative forms
- Bauch, Bouch (Moselle Franconian)
Etymology 2
From Middle High German buoch, from Old High German buoh.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /buːx/
Noun
Buch n (plural Biecher, diminutive Biechelche)
- (southern Moselle Franconian) book
Alternative forms
- Booch (Ripuarian; northern Moselle Franconian)
German
Etymology 1
From Middle High German buoch, from Old High German buoh, from Proto-West Germanic *bōk, from Proto-Germanic *bōks. Cognate with English book.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /buːχ/
- Hyphenation: Buch
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- Rhymes: -uːx
Noun
Buch n (strong, genitive Buches or Buchs, plural Bücher, diminutive Büchlein n or Büchelchen n)
- book (collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge; long work fit for publication)
- 2006, Kai Steiner, Schmetterlinge im Bauch (Junge Liebe, Band 8), Himmelstürmer Verlag, p.103:
- Eine Figur, wie sie im Buche steht, und sie erinnerte mich an Mark Spitz, als er seine Goldmedaillen einfuhr.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- 2006, Kai Steiner, Schmetterlinge im Bauch (Junge Liebe, Band 8), Himmelstürmer Verlag, p.103:
- (accounting, usually in the plural) books (accounting records)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | das | Buch | die | Bücher |
| genitive | eines | des | Buches, Buchs | der | Bücher |
| dative | einem | dem | Buch, Buche1 | den | Büchern |
| accusative | ein | das | Buch | die | Bücher |
1Now uncommon, see notes.
Related terms
- Arbeitsbuch
- Arzneibuch
- Aufgabenbuch
- Ausgabenbuch
- Bilderbuch
- Blaubuch
- Branchenbuch
- Büchchen
- Buchdeckel
- Buche
- Büchelchen
- buchen
- Bücherbord
- Bücherei
- Bücherregal
- Bücherskorpion
- Bücherwurm
- Buchgemeinschaft
- Buchhalter
- Buchhaltung
- Buchhändler
- Buchhandlung
- Buchkapitel
- Buchladen
- Büchlein
- Buchlunge
- Buchmagen
- Buchmesse
- Buchrücken
- Buchstabe
- Buchstütze
- Drehbuch
- Gesangbuch
- Geschichtenbuch
- Geschichtsbuch
- Gesetzbuch
- Grünbuch
- Handbuch
- Hauptbuch
- Hörbuch
- Jahrbuch
- Kinderbuch
- Kirchenbuch
- Kochbuch
- Kursbuch
- Lehrbuch
- Lesebuch
- Logbuch
- Märchenbuch
- Notizbuch
- Sachbuch
- Schulbuch
- Skizzenbuch
- Tagebuch
- Taschenbuch
- Telefonbuch
- Übungsbuch
- Urkundenbuch
- verbuchen
- Wappenbuch
- Weißbuch
- Wimmelbuch
- Wörterbuch
- zu Buche schlagen
Etymology 2
From Old High German būh.
Noun
Buch n (strong, genitive Buches or Buchs, plural Bücher)
- (rare) omasum, the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant
- Synonyms: Buchmagen, Blättermagen, Psalter, Faltenmagen, Kalender, Löser
Proper noun
Buch n (proper noun, genitive Buchs or (optionally with an article) Buch)
- A municipality of Vorarlberg, Austria
- A municipality of Bavaria, Germany
- either of two municipalities in the Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Further reading
- “Buch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Buch” in Duden online
- “Buch” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
Hunsrik
Etymology
From Middle High German buoch, from Old High German buoh, from Proto-West Germanic *bōk, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pux/
Noun
Buch n (plural Bicher, diminutive Bichelche)
- book
- Was fer Buch dust-du lese?
- What book are you reading?
Further reading
- Online Hunsrik Dictionary
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /buχ/
- Rhymes: -uχ
Etymology 1
From Middle High German buoch, from Old High German buoh.
Noun
Buch n (plural Bicher, diminutive Bichelchen)
- book
Derived terms
- Bicherbuttek
- Bicherschaf
- Bicherwuerm
Etymology 2
From Middle High German buoc, from Old High German buog, from Proto-Germanic *bōguz.
Noun
Buch m (plural Bich)
- shoulder joint of an animal
Alternative forms
- Bou
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
From Middle High German buoch, from Old High German buoh. Compare German Buch, Dutch boek, English book.
Noun
Buch n (plural Bicher)
- book
Derived terms
- Daagbuch
- Waddebuch