Buche

Meaning

  1. (countable, feminine) a beech (Fagus); the common tree
  2. (feminine, uncountable) beech; the wood of the tree

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Buch

Frequency

20k
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

bueche

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈbuːxə/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German buoche, from Old High German buohha, from Proto-West Germanic *bōku and *bōkijā (both “beech”). The first West Germanic form corresponds to Old English bōc, Old Frisian bōk, the second to Old English bēċe (English beech), Dutch beuk, Luxembourgish Bich. The Standard German form can continue either variant, in the first case reguarly, in the second with Upper German umlaut hindrance before velar (cf. suchen).

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