Buche
See also: buche, buché, bûche, and bûché
German
Buchen in einem dichten Wald. — Beeches in a dense forest. (1)
Laminat aus Buchenholz — laminate made of beech wood (2)
Etymology 1
From Middle High German buoche, from Old High German buohha, from Proto-Germanic *bōkō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos. Cognate with Old Norse bók, whence Swedish bok. From Germanic *bōkō is derived *bōkijǭ, whence Dutch beuk, English beech. Further Indo-European cognates include Latin fāgus, Greek φηγός (phēgós, “oak”), Russian бук (buk) and Lithuanian bukas. More at Buch.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbuːxə/
Audio (Austria) (file) - Hyphenation: Bu‧che
Noun
Buche f (genitive Buche, plural Buchen)
- (countable) a beech (Fagus); the common tree
- (uncountable) beech; the wood of the tree
Declension
Declension of Buche
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Buche | die | Buchen |
| genitive | einer | der | Buche | der | Buchen |
| dative | einer | der | Buche | den | Buchen |
| accusative | eine | die | Buche | die | Buchen |
Hypernyms
- (beech): Laubbaum
Meronyms
- (beech): Buchecker
Synonyms
- (beech wood): Buchenholz
Derived terms
- Blutbuche f
- Hagebuche f
- Hainbuche f
- Rotbuche f
- Weißbuche f
Related terms
- Buchenholz
- Buchenscheit
- Buchenlaub
- Buchecker
See also
- Buch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbuːxə/
Audio (Austria) (file) - Hyphenation: Bu‧che
Noun
Buche n
- (archaic) dative singular of Buch
Further reading
- Buche in Duden online