"Belche" meaning in German

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Noun

Audio: De-Belche.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German belche, from Old High German belihha f, belihho m, from Proto-West Germanic *balikō, from Proto-Germanic *balikô (“coot”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“white; to shine, gleam”). Cognate with Old Saxon beliko (“coot”), Latin fulica (“coot”). Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|belche}} Middle High German belche, {{inh|de|goh|belihha|g=f}} Old High German belihha f, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*balikō}} Proto-West Germanic *balikō, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*balikô|t=coot}} Proto-Germanic *balikô (“coot”), {{der|de|ine-pro|*bʰel-|t=white; to shine, gleam}} Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“white; to shine, gleam”), {{cog|osx|beliko|t=coot}} Old Saxon beliko (“coot”), {{cog|la|fulica|t=coot}} Latin fulica (“coot”) Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Belche f (genitive Belche, plural Belchen) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Belche [genitive], Belchen [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Belche [nominative, singular], Belchen [definite, nominative, plural], Belche [genitive, singular], Belchen [definite, genitive, plural], Belche [dative, singular], Belchen [dative, definite, plural], Belche [accusative, singular], Belchen [accusative, definite, plural], Belchen [alternative]
  1. (Southern Germany, Switzerland) coot Tags: Southern-Germany, Switzerland, feminine Synonyms: Blässhuhn

Inflected forms

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        "1": "de",
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      },
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    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "goh",
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*bʰel-",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "osx",
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
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      },
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    }
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    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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    },
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    },
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    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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        },
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    },
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    },
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    },
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    },
    {
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    },
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    },
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      ]
    },
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      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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    },
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        "German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
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