Buche

See also: buche, buché, bûche, and bûché

German

Buchen in einem dichten Wald — beeches (1) in a dense forest

Laminat aus Buche — laminate made of beech wood (2)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuːxə/

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• Hyphenation: Bu‧che

Etymology 1

From Middle High German buoche, from Old High German buohha, from Proto-West Germanic *bōku and *bōkijā (both “beech”). The first West Germanic form corresponds to Old English bōc, Old Frisian bōk, the second to Old English bēċe (English beech), Dutch beuk, Luxembourgish Bich. The Standard German form can continue either variant, in the first case reguarly, in the second with Upper German umlaut hindrance before velar (cf. suchen).

Noun

Buche f (genitive Buche, plural Buchen)

1. (countable) a beech (Fagus); the common tree
2. (uncountable) beech; the wood of the tree

   Synonym: Buchenholz

Declension

Declension of Buche [feminine]

	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): Pflanze, Baum, Laubbaum

Hyponyms

• Blutbuche
• Hagebuche
• Hainbuche
• Rotbuche
• Weißbuche

Meronyms

• (beech): Buchecker

Derived terms

• Buchecker
• Buchenforst
• Buchenhain
• Buchenholz
• Buchenlaub
• Buchenscheit

Related terms

• Buch (possibly)

placenames

• Bocholt
• Bochum
• Bockenem
• Bockhorn
• Bockhorst
• Böklund
• Bokwisch
• Buchbach
• Buchberg
• Buchbrunn
• Buchdorf
• Buchenland
• Buchforst
• Buchheim
• Buchholz
• Buchkirchen
• Buchloe
• Buchrasen
• Buchschlag
• Puchberg
• Puchheim

Etymology 2

Noun

Buche n

1. (archaic) dative singular of Buch

Further reading

• “Buche” in Duden online
• “Buche” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Romanian

Etymology

From buche.

Proper noun

Buche m (genitive/dative lui Buche)

1. a surname