Buch
German, noun
Buch is spelled B-U-C-H (4 letters) and appears 166 times per million words in written German, the 523rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Buch is a German neuter noun meaning “book (collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge; long work fit for publication)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, buch is a different word: “singular imperative of buchen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “fest gebundenes Schriftwerk”.
What does Buch mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterbook (collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge; long work fit for publication)
- 2
neuterbooks (accounting records)
noun
- 1
neuterrareomasum, the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant
verb
- 1
singular imperative of buchen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. fest gebundenes Schriftwerk 2. literarische Publikation in Buchform 3. Gliederungseinheit eines literarischen Werkes, auch bei umfangreichen Gesetzbüchern (zum Beispiel im Bürgerlichen Gesetzbuch) 4. Text für ein Theaterstück, einen Film
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Buch
- Buches genitive
- Buchs genitive
- Bücher plural
- Büchlein diminutive neuter
- Büchelchen diminutive neuter
- Buche dative singular
- Büchern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Buch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Buch in German?
Buch appears 166 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).