Buchecker

German

Etymology

Compound of Buche +‎ Ecker. The now rare simplex Ecker from Middle High German ackeran, eckern; only once attested in Old High German ekarn. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *akraną, whence also English acorn. An original neuter or masculine whose final -n was interpreted as a plural morpheme and which was subsequently made into a feminine. Kluge (24th edition) considers it a chiefly Low German word (compare Middle Low German ākeren, eckeren).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuːxˌ(ʔ)ɛkɐ/

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Noun

Buchecker f (genitive Buchecker, plural Bucheckern)

1. beechnut

Declension

Declension of Buchecker [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Buchecker	die	Bucheckern
genitive	einer	der	Buchecker	der	Bucheckern
dative	einer	der	Buchecker	den	Bucheckern
accusative	eine	die	Buchecker	die	Bucheckern

Synonyms

• (rare) Ecker
• (Switzerland) Buchennüsschen

Further reading

• “Buchecker” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache