Buch

See also: buch, búch, and büch

Central Franconian

Etymology 1

From Old High German būh.

Alternative forms

• Bouch (Moselle Franconian)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bux/

Noun

Buch m (plural Büch, diminutive Büchelche)

1. (Ripuarian) belly; abdomen; stomach

   Wa’ mer nüß em Buch hät, ka’ mer net ärbeede, on wa’ mer jrad jäße hät, moss mer sich irsch ens henläje.

   When one has nothing in one’s stomach, one cannot work, and when one has just eaten, one must first lie down a bit.

Etymology 2

From Old High German buoh, from Proto-West Germanic *bōk, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

Alternative forms

• Booch (Ripuarian; northern Moselle Franconian)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buːx/

Noun

Buch n (plural Biecher, diminutive Biechelche)

1. (southern Moselle Franconian) book

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German

Etymology 1

From Middle High German būch, buoch, from Old High German buoh, from Proto-West Germanic *bōk, from Proto-Germanic *bōks, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos (“beech”). Cognate with English book.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buːχ/
• Hyphenation: Buch

• audio:

  (file)

• Homophone: Bug

Noun

Buch n (genitive Buches or Buchs, plural Bücher, diminutive Büchlein n or Büchelchen n)

1. 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.

2. (accounting, usually in the plural) books (accounting records)
3. (rare) omasum, the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant

   Synonyms: Buchmagen, Blättermagen, Psalter, Faltenmagen, Kalender, Löser

Related terms

• Arbeitsbuch
• Arzneibuch
• Bilderbuch
• Blaubuch
• Branchenbuch
• Büchchen
• Buchdeckel
• Buche
• Büchelchen
• buchen
• Bücherbord
• Bücherei
• Bücherregal
• Bücherskorpion
• Bücherwurm
• Buchhalter
• Buchhaltung
• Buchhändler
• Buchhandlung
• Buchkapitel
• Buchladen
• Büchlein
• Buchlunge
• Buchmagen
• Buchmesse
• Buchrücken
• Buchstabe
• Buchstütze
• Drehbuch
• Gesangbuch
• Geschichtenbuch
• Geschichtsbuch
• Gesetzbuch
• Grünbuch
• Handbuch
• Hörbuch
• Jahrbuch
• Kinderbuch
• Kirchenbuch
• Kochbuch
• Kursbuch
• Lehrbuch
• Lesebuch
• Logbuch
• Märchenbuch
• Notizbuch
• Sachbuch
• Schulbuch
• Skizzenbuch
• Tagebuch
• Taschenbuch
• Telefonbuch
• Übungsbuch
• Urkundenbuch
• verbuchen
• Weißbuch
• Wimmelbuch
• Wörterbuch
• zu Buche schlagen

 

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Buch n (proper noun, strong, genitive Buchs)

1. A municipality of Vorarlberg, Austria
2. A municipality of Bavaria, Germany
3. 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.

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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)

1. book

   Was fer Buch dust-du lese?

   What book are you reading?

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German buoh, from Proto-West Germanic *bōk, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buχ/
• Rhymes: -uχ

Noun

Buch n (plural Bicher, diminutive Bichelchen)

1. book

Derived terms

• Bicherbuttek
• Bicherschaf
• Bicherwuerm

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Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Old High German buoh, from Proto-West Germanic *bōk, from Proto-Germanic *bōks. Compare German Buch, Dutch boek, English book.

Noun

Buch n (plural Bicher)

1. book

Derived terms

• Daagbuch
• Waddebuch