Buchhalter
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Buch halten (“to keep the books”) + -er. This verbal phrase is now rare. For some reason one usually says Buchhalter, but Buch führen. For the action noun both Buchhaltung and Buchführung are common. Further analysable as Buch (“book”) + halten (“to hold”) + -er (agent suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Buchhalter m (strong, genitive Buchhalters, plural Buchhalter, feminine Buchhalterin)
- accountant, bookkeeper
- Synonym: (rare) Buchführer
Declension
[edit]Declension of Buchhalter [masculine, strong]
Descendants
[edit]- → Belarusian: бухгалтар (buxhaltar)
- → Polish: buchalter
- → Lithuanian: buhalteris
- → Russian: бухгалтер (buxgalter)
- → Ukrainian: бухгалтер (buxhalter)
Further reading
[edit]- “Buchhalter” in Duden online
- “Buchhalter” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache