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Buchstabe

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German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle High German buochstabe, from Old High German *buohstabo (“letter, writing”) (attested only as Old High German buohstab; > German Buchstab), from Proto-West Germanic *bōkstabō, from Proto-Germanic *bōkstabô, a variant of *bōkstabaz.[1] Compare English bookstaff, bookstave.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbuːxʃtaːbə/
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Noun

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Buchstabe m (weak, genitive Buchstabens or (less common) Buchstaben, plural Buchstaben)

  1. letter (of the alphabet)
    • 1931, Gebhard Mehring, Schrift und Schrifttum, Silberburg-Verlag, page 21:
      Das römische Zahlensystem […] besteht aus 7 Buchstaben, die zur Bezeichnung von Zahlenwerten verwendet werden: M D C L X V I
      The Roman numeral system […] consists of 7 letters, which are used for the representation of numerical values: M D C L X V I
    • 1795, Wilhelm Friedrich Hezel, Ausführliche Griechische Sprachlehre nebst Paradigmen der Griechischen Deklinationen und Konjugationen in 35 Tabellen, Weißenfels & Leipzig, p.14
      II. Konsonanten — sind die übrigen siebenzehn Buchstaben des Alphabets. Man theilt sie
      A. in Ansehung der Sprachorganen, die an ihrer Bildung den meisten Antheil haben, in
      1) Lippenbuchstaben (labiales): […]
      2) Gaumenbuchstaben (palatinas): […]
      3) Zungenbuchstaben (linguales): […]
      4) Zahnbuchstaben (dentales): […]
      II. Consonants are the remaining seventeen letters of the alphabet. They are divided
      A. according to the speech organs that play the greatest part in their formation into:
      1) Labial letters (labiales): […]
      2) Palatal letters (palatinas): […]
      3) Lingual letters (linguales): […]
      4) Dental letters (dentales): […]
  2. (law) letter (a division unit of a piece of law marked by letters)

Usage notes

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Buchstabe usually has the genitive singular (des) Buchstabens (cf. Name). The weak form (des) Buchstaben also exists.

Declension

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Declension of Buchstabe [masculine, weak]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Buchstabe die Buchstaben
genitive eines des Buchstabens, Buchstaben1 der Buchstaben
dative einem dem Buchstaben den Buchstaben
accusative einen den Buchstaben die Buchstaben

1Less common.

Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Buchstabe”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN

Further reading

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