Buch

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

• IPA^(key): /bux/

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.

• Bauch, Bouch (Moselle Franconian)

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

• IPA^(key): /buːx/

Buch n (plural Biecher, diminutive Biechelche)

1. (southern Moselle Franconian) book

• Booch (Ripuarian; northern Moselle Franconian)

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

• IPA^(key): /buːx/
• Hyphenation: Buch

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• Homophone: Bug (substandard)
• Rhymes: -uːx

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.

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2. (accounting, usually in the plural) books (accounting records)

From Old High German būh.

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

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

• “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.

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

• IPA^(key): /pux/

Buch n (plural Bicher, diminutive Bichelche)

1. book

   Was fer Buch dust-du lese?

   What book are you reading?

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

• IPA^(key): /buχ/
• Rhymes: -uχ

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

Buch n (plural Bicher, diminutive Bichelchen)

1. book

• Bicherbuttek
• Bicherschaf
• Bicherwuerm

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

Buch m (plural Bich)

1. shoulder joint of an animal

• Bou

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

Buch n (plural Bicher)

1. book

• Daagbuch
• Waddebuch