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, Ancient 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)

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

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

1. (archaic) dative singular of Buch

Further reading

• “Buche” in Duden online