Buch

Buch

See also: buch, buc̣h, búch, and büch

English

Proper noun

Buch

  1. A surname.

Central Franconian

Etymology 1

From Middle High German būch, from Old High German būh.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bux/

Noun

Buch m (plural Büch, diminutive Büchelche)

  1. (Ripuarian) belly; abdomen; stomach
    Wa’ mer nühs em Buch hät, ka’ mer net ärbeede, on wa’ mer jrad jäße hät, moss mer sich iersch ens henläje.
    When you’ve nothing in your stomach, you can’t work, and when you’ve just eaten, you must first lie down a bit.
Alternative forms

Etymology 2

From Middle High German buoch, from Old High German buoh.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buːx/

Noun

Buch n (plural Biecher, diminutive Biechelche)

  1. (southern Moselle Franconian) book
Alternative forms
  • Booch (Ripuarian; northern Moselle Franconian)

German

Etymology 1

From Middle High German buoch, from Old High German buoh, from Proto-West Germanic *bōk, from Proto-Germanic *bōks. Cognate with English book.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buːx/
  • Hyphenation: Buch
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  • Homophone: Bug (nonstandard)
  • Rhymes: -uːx

Noun

Buch n (strong, 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.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. (accounting, usually in the plural) books (accounting records)
Declension

Etymology 2

    From Old High German būh.

    Noun

    Buch n (strong, genitive Buches or Buchs, plural Bücher)

    1. (rare) omasum, the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant
      Synonyms: Buchmagen, Blättermagen, Psalter, Faltenmagen, Kalender, Löser

    Etymology 3

    Proper noun

    Buch n (proper noun, genitive Buchs or (optionally with an article) Buch)

    1. a municipality of Vorarlberg, Austria
    2. a municipality of Bavaria, Germany
    3. either of two municipalities in the Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

    Further reading

    Hunsrik

    Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈpux/
    • Rhymes: -ux
    • Syllabification: Buch

    Noun

    Buch n (plural Bicher, diminutive Bichelche)

    1. book
      Was fer Buch dust-du lese?
      What book are you reading?

    Derived terms

    • Buchstaab

    Further reading

    • Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Buch”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 29

    Luxembourgish

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /buχ/
    • Rhymes: -uχ

    Etymology 1

    From Middle High German buoch, from Old High German buoh.

    Noun

    Buch n (plural Bicher, diminutive Bichelchen)

    1. book
    Derived terms

    Etymology 2

    From Middle High German buoc, from Old High German buog, from Proto-Germanic *bōguz.

    Noun

    Buch m (plural Bich)

    1. shoulder joint of an animal
    Alternative forms

    Pennsylvania German

    Etymology

    From Middle High German buoch, from Old High German buoh. Compare German Buch, Dutch boek, English book.

    Noun

    Buch n (plural Bicher)

    1. book

    Derived terms