Belche

German

Alternative forms

• Belchen

Etymology

From Middle High German belche, from Old High German belihha f, belihho m, from Proto-West Germanic *balikō, from Proto-Germanic *balikô (“coot”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“white; to shine, gleam”). Cognate with Old Saxon beliko (“coot”), Latin fulica (“coot”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Belche f (genitive Belche, plural Belchen)

1. (Southern Germany, Switzerland) coot

   Synonym: Blässhuhn

Declension

Declension of Belche [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Belche	die	Belchen
genitive	einer	der	Belche	der	Belchen
dative	einer	der	Belche	den	Belchen
accusative	eine	die	Belche	die	Belchen

Further reading

• “Belche” in Duden online
• “Belche”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Belche” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

Hunsrik

Etymology

Borrowed from German Belgien.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpelçə/
• Rhymes: -elçə
• Syllabification: Bel‧che

Proper noun

Belche n

1. Belgium (a country in Western Europe that has borders with the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg and France)

Related terms

• Belcher
• Belcherin
• belchisch

See also

countries in Europe: ëuropäische Land (appendix)edit

• Belche
• Deitschland
• Eesterreich
• England
• Finnland
• Frankreich
• Griecheland
• Italje ~ Italia
• Luxemborrich
• Nitterlande
• Pole
• Portugal
• Russland
• Schweiz
• Spanje