# Buch
## English
### Proper noun

Buch
* A surname.

## Central Franconian
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bux/

#### Noun

Buch m (plural Büch, diminutive Büchelche)
* (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.

##### Alternative forms

* Bauch, Bouch (Moselle Franconian)

### Etymology 2

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /buːx/

#### Noun

Buch n (plural Biecher, diminutive Biechelche)
* (southern Moselle Franconian) book

##### Alternative forms

* Booch (Ripuarian; northern Moselle Franconian)

## German
### Etymology 1

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /buːx/
* Hyphenation: Buch
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* Homophone: Bug (nonstandard)
* Rhymes: -uːx

#### Noun

Buch n (strong, genitive Buches or Buchs, plural Bücher, diminutive Büchlein n or Büchelchen n)
* 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.(please add an English translation of this quotation)
* (accounting, usually in the plural) books (accounting records)

##### Declension

$^1$Now rare, see notes.

##### Related terms

* Arbeitsbuch
* Arzneibuch
* Aufgabenbuch
* Ausgabenbuch
* Bilderbuch
* Blaubuch
* Branchenbuch
* Büchchen
* Buchdeckel
* Buche
* Büchelchen
* buchen
* Bücherbord
* Bücherei
* Bücherregal
* Bücherskorpion
* Bücherwurm
* Buchgemeinschaft
* Buchhalter
* Buchhaltung
* Buchhändler
* Buchhandlung
* Buchkapitel
* Buchladen
* Büchlein
* Buchlunge
* Buchmagen
* Buchmesse
* Buchrücken
* Buchstabe
* Buchstütze
* Drehbuch
* Gebetbuch
* Gesangbuch
* Geschichtenbuch
* Geschichtsbuch
* Gesetzbuch
* Grünbuch
* Handbuch
* Hauptbuch
* Hörbuch
* Jahrbuch
* Kinderbuch
* Kirchenbuch
* Kochbuch
* Kursbuch
* Lehrbuch
* Lesebuch
* Logbuch
* Märchenbuch
* Notizbuch
* Sachbuch
* Schulbuch
* Skizzenbuch
* Studenbuck
* Tagebuch
* Taschenbuch
* Telefonbuch
* Übungsbuch
* Urkundenbuch
* verbuchen
* Wappenbuch
* Weißbuch
* Wimmelbuch
* Wörterbuch
* Zauberbuch
* zu Buche schlagen

### Etymology 2

From Old High German būh.

#### Noun

Buch n (strong, genitive Buches or Buchs, plural Bücher)
* (rare) omasum, the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant
    Synonyms: Buchmagen, Blättermagen, Psalter, Faltenmagen, Kalender, Löser

### Etymology 3
#### Proper noun

Buch n (proper noun, genitive Buchs or (optionally with an article) Buch)
* A municipality of Vorarlberg, Austria
* A municipality of Bavaria, Germany
* either of two municipalities in the Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

### Further reading

* “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.

## Hunsrik
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpux/
* Rhymes: -ux
* Syllabification: Buch

### Noun

Buch n (plural Bicher, diminutive Bichelche)
* book
    Was fer Buch dust-du lese?What book are you reading?

#### Derived terms

* Buchstaab

### Further reading

* Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Buch”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 29

## Luxembourgish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /buχ/
* Rhymes: -uχ

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

Buch n (plural Bicher, diminutive Bichelchen)
* book

##### Derived terms

* Bicherbuttek
* Bicherschaf
* Bicherwuerm

### Etymology 2

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

#### Noun

Buch m (plural Bich)
* shoulder joint of an animal

##### Alternative forms

* Bou

## Pennsylvania German
### Etymology

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

### Noun

Buch n (plural Bicher)
* book

#### Derived terms

* Daagbuch
* Waddebuch