buch

See also: Buch, buc̣h, búch, and büch

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bux]

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• Rhymes: -uːx

Verb

buch

1. singular imperative of buchen

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bux]

Verb

buch

1. first-person singular passive of byś

Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German būh, from Proto-West Germanic *būk, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ˈbuːx/

Noun

būch m

1. belly

Declension

Declension of būch (masculine, class 1 strong)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	dër	būch	die	būche
genitive	eines	dës	būches	dër	būche
dative	eime	dëm	būche	dën	būchen
accusative	einen	dën	būch	die	būche

Descendants

• Alemannic German: Buuch
• Central Franconian: Buch, Bouch
• German: Bauch
• Luxembourgish: Bauch
• Yiddish: בויך (boykh)

Palauan

Etymology

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Noun

buch

1. spouse

References

• buch in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
• buch in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
• buch in Lewis S. Josephs, Edwin G. McManus, Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977) Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 28.

Silesian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Buch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbux/
• Rhymes: -ux
• Syllabification: buch

Noun

buch m inan

1. book

   Synonyms: ksiōnżka, kniga

Further reading

• Andrzej Roczniok (Andrzyj Roczniok) (2007) “buch”, in Zbornik polsko-ślůnski (Zbornik polsko-ślōnski), I edition, volume 1, Zabrze: Narodowa Oficyna Śląska (Ślōnsko Nacyjowo Ôficyno), →ISBN, page 207

Upper Sorbian

Verb

buch

1. first-person singular passive of być

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English bukke, from Old English buc, bucc, bucca (“he-goat, stag”), from Proto-West Germanic *bukk, *bukkō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʊk/

Noun

buch

1. buck
   • 1867, “JAMEEN QOUGEELY EE-PEALTHE”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, page 110, lines 5-6:

     If ich hadh Peeougheen a Buch, Meyleare a Slut, Peedher Ghiel-laaune, an Jackeen Bugaaune,

     If I had Hugh the Buck, Meyler the Sloven, Peter the Smart Man, and John Boggan,

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 110