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

• Bauch, Bouch (Moselle Franconian)

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

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio:

  (file)

• 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

Declension of Buch [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Buch	die	Bücher
genitive	eines	des	Buches, Buchs	der	Bücher
dative	einem	dem	Buch, Buche1	den	Büchern
accusative	ein	das	Buch	die	Bücher

¹Now rare, see notes.

Related terms

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

 

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

• “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.

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

• Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Buch”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, 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

• Bicherbuttek
• Bicherschaf
• Bicherwuerm

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

• Bou

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

• Daagbuch
• Waddebuch