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das Buch

noun · /buːx/ ·
Etymology

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

Translation

  1. book (collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge; long work fit for publication) neuter, strong

    2006, Kai Steiner, Schmetterlinge im Bauch (Junge Liebe, Band 8), Himmelstürmer Verlag, p.103

    (please add an English translation of this quotation)

    Nimm ein Buch und lies es!

    Take a book and read it.

    Ich habe während des Essens ein Buch gelesen.

    I read a book while eating.

  2. books (accounting records) neuter, plural-normally, strong

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominative Buch Bücher
Accusative Buch Bücher
Dative Buch Büchern
Genitive Buches Bücher

Buch

noun ·
Etymology

From Old High German būh.

Translation

  1. omasum, the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant neuter, rare, strong
  2. 18 certificate source:freedict-eng-deu-dictd
  3. book source:wikdict-en-de-stardict
  4. book source:dictcc-tuchemnitz-de-en

Buch

name ·

Translation

  1. a municipality of Vorarlberg, Austria neuter, proper-noun
  2. a municipality of Bavaria, Germany neuter, proper-noun
  3. either of two municipalities in the Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany neuter, proper-noun

buch

verb · [bux] ·

Translation

beech

singular imperative of buchen

  1. singular imperative of buchen form-of, imperative, singular