"Buchstabe" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈbuːxʃtaːbə/ Audio: De-Buchstabe.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German buochstabe, from Old High German *buohstabo (“letter, writing”) (attested only as Old High German buohstab; > German Buchstab), from Proto-West Germanic *bōkstabō, from Proto-Germanic *bōkstabô, a variant of *bōkstabaz. Compare English bookstaff, bookstave. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|buochstabe}} Middle High German buochstabe, {{inh|de|goh|*buohstabo|t=letter, writing}} Old High German *buohstabo (“letter, writing”), {{cog|goh|buohstab}} Old High German buohstab, {{cog|de|Buchstab}} German Buchstab, {{inh|de|gmw-pro|*bōkstabō}} Proto-West Germanic *bōkstabō, {{inh|de|gem-pro|*bōkstabô}} Proto-Germanic *bōkstabô, {{m|gem-pro|*bōkstabaz}} *bōkstabaz, {{cog|en|bookstaff}} English bookstaff, {{m|en|bookstave}} bookstave Head templates: {{de-noun|m,ns:n􂀿less common􂁀.weak}} Buchstabe m (weak, genitive Buchstabens or (less common) Buchstaben, plural Buchstaben) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,ns:n􂀿less common􂁀.weak}} Forms: Buchstabens [genitive], Buchstaben [genitive, uncommon], Buchstaben [plural], weak [table-tags], Buchstabe [nominative, singular], Buchstaben [definite, nominative, plural], Buchstabens [genitive, singular], Buchstaben [genitive, singular], Buchstaben [definite, genitive, plural], Buchstaben [dative, singular], Buchstaben [dative, definite, plural], Buchstaben [accusative, singular], Buchstaben [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. letter (of the alphabet) Tags: masculine, weak
    Sense id: en-Buchstabe-de-noun-EHVdiBSM
  2. (law) letter (a division unit of a piece of law marked by letters) Tags: masculine, weak Categories (topical): Law, Textual division
    Sense id: en-Buchstabe-de-noun-1hdpgZO2 Disambiguation of Textual division: 29 71 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 11 89 Topics: law
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Buchstab [archaic] Derived forms: Buchstäblichkeit
Related terms: Akzentbuchstabe, Anfangsbuchstabe, Aufbügelbuchstabe, Blockbuchstabe, Buchstabenabstand, Buchstabenanordnung, Buchstabenblindheit, Buchstabencode, Buchstaben-Conus, Buchstabendreher, Buchstabendrucker, Buchstabenfeld, Buchstabenfolge, buchstabengetreu, Buchstabenglaube, Buchstabengruppe, Buchstabenhöhe, Buchstabenkegel, Buchstabenkette, Buchstabenkombination, Buchstabenkrebs, Buchstabenleser, Buchstabenmodus, Buchstabenname, Buchstabennotation, Buchstabenorakel, Buchstabennudel, Buchstabenordnung, Buchstabenrechnungen, Buchstabenrätsel, Buchstabensalat, Buchstabenschloss, Buchstabenschloß, Buchstabenschlüssel, Buchstaben-Schmuckschildkröte, Buchstabenschrift, Buchstabenspiel, Buchstabensuppe, Buchstabensymbol, Buchstabensymbolik, Buchstabentafel, Buchstabentaste, Buchstabentaube, Buchstabentreue, Buchstabenübertragung, Buchstabenumordnung, Buchstabenumriss, Buchstabenumriß, Buchstabenumschaltung, Buchstabenumschaltzeichen, Buchstabenverarbeitung, Buchstabenverbund, Buchstabenverschlüsselung, Buchstabenvorrat, buchstabieren, buchstäblich, Bügelbuchstabe, Dentalbuchstabe, Dental-Buchstabe, Dominicalbuchstabe, Doppelbuchstabe, Druckbuchstabe, Gaumenbuchstabe, Großbuchstabe, Grossbuchstabe, Kapitalbuchstabe, Kehlbuchstabe, Kennbuchstabe, Kleinbuchstabe, Konsonantbuchstabe, Konsonantenbuchstabe, Kursivbuchstabe, Labialbuchstabe, Labial-Buchstabe, Laufwerkbuchstabe, Laufwerksbuchstabe, Leuchtbuchstabe, Lichtbuchstabe, Lippenbuchstabe, Nasalbuchstabe, Nasenbuchstabe, Nationalitätsbuchstabe, Profilbuchstabe, Schreibbuchstabe, Sonntagsbuchstabe, Umlautbuchstabe, Unzialbuchstabe, Vokalbuchstab, Zahnbuchstabe, Zierbuchstabe, Zischbuchstabe, Zungenbuchstabe, Brief (english: letter delivered by mail), Letter, Litera

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "english": "letter delivered by mail",
      "word": "Brief"
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      },
      "expansion": "Old High German buohstab",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Buchstab"
      },
      "expansion": "German Buchstab",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*bōkstabō"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *bōkstabō",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*bōkstabô"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *bōkstabô",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "*bōkstabaz"
      },
      "expansion": "*bōkstabaz",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "bookstaff"
      },
      "expansion": "English bookstaff",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "bookstave"
      },
      "expansion": "bookstave",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German buochstabe, from Old High German *buohstabo (“letter, writing”) (attested only as Old High German buohstab; > German Buchstab), from Proto-West Germanic *bōkstabō, from Proto-Germanic *bōkstabô, a variant of *bōkstabaz. Compare English bookstaff, bookstave.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Buchstabens",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Buchstaben",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "uncommon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Buchstaben",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Buchstabe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Buchstaben",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Buchstabens",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Buchstaben",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Buchstaben",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Buchstaben",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Buchstaben",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Buchstaben",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Buchstaben",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,ns:n􂀿less common􂁀.weak"
      },
      "expansion": "Buchstabe m (weak, genitive Buchstabens or (less common) Buchstaben, plural Buchstaben)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,ns:n􂀿less common􂁀.weak"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Akzentbuchstabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Anfangsbuchstabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Aufbügelbuchstabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Blockbuchstabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstabenabstand"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstabenanordnung"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstabenblindheit"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstabencode"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstaben-Conus"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstabendreher"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstabendrucker"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstabenfeld"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstabenfolge"
    },
    {
      "word": "buchstabengetreu"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstabenglaube"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstabengruppe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstabenhöhe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstabenkegel"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstabenkette"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstabenkombination"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstabenkrebs"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstabenleser"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstabenmodus"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstabenname"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstabennotation"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstabenorakel"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstabennudel"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstabenordnung"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstabenrechnungen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstabenrätsel"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstabensalat"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstabenschloss"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstabenschloß"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstabenschlüssel"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstaben-Schmuckschildkröte"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstabenschrift"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstabenspiel"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstabensuppe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstabensymbol"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstabensymbolik"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstabentafel"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstabentaste"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstabentaube"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstabentreue"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstabenübertragung"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstabenumordnung"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstabenumriss"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstabenumriß"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstabenumschaltung"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstabenumschaltzeichen"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstabenverarbeitung"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstabenverbund"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstabenverschlüsselung"
    },
    {
      "word": "Buchstabenvorrat"
    },
    {
      "word": "buchstabieren"
    },
    {
      "word": "buchstäblich"
    },
    {
      "word": "Bügelbuchstabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Dentalbuchstabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Dental-Buchstabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Dominicalbuchstabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Doppelbuchstabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Druckbuchstabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Gaumenbuchstabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Großbuchstabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Grossbuchstabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kapitalbuchstabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kehlbuchstabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kennbuchstabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kleinbuchstabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Konsonantbuchstabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Konsonantenbuchstabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Kursivbuchstabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Labialbuchstabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Labial-Buchstabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Laufwerkbuchstabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Laufwerksbuchstabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Leuchtbuchstabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Lichtbuchstabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Lippenbuchstabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Nasalbuchstabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Nasenbuchstabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Nationalitätsbuchstabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Profilbuchstabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Schreibbuchstabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Sonntagsbuchstabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Umlautbuchstabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Unzialbuchstabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Vokalbuchstab"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zahnbuchstabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zierbuchstabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zischbuchstabe"
    },
    {
      "word": "Zungenbuchstabe"
    },
    {
      "english": "letter delivered by mail",
      "word": "Brief"
    },
    {
      "word": "Letter"
    },
    {
      "word": "Litera"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "German terms with quotations",
        "Requests for translations of German quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The Roman numeral system […] consists of 7 letters, which are used for the representation of numerical values: M D C L X V I",
          "ref": "1931, Gebhard Mehring, Schrift und Schrifttum, Silberburg-Verlag, page 21",
          "text": "Das römische Zahlensystem […] besteht aus 7 Buchstaben, die zur Bezeichnung von Zahlenwerten verwendet werden: M D C L X V I",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "english": "(please add an English translation of this quotation)",
          "ref": "1795, Wilhelm Friedrich Hezel, Ausführliche Griechische Sprachlehre nebst Paradigmen der Griechischen Deklinationen und Konjugationen in 35 Tabellen, Weißenfels & Leipzig, p.14",
          "text": "II. Konsonanten — sind die übrigen siebenzehn Buchstaben des Alphabets. Man theilt sie\nA. in Ansehung der Sprachorganen, die an ihrer Bildung den meisten Antheil haben, in\n1) Lippenbuchstaben (labiales): [...]\n2) Gaumenbuchstaben (palatinas): [...]\n3) Zungenbuchstaben (linguales): [...]\n4) Zahnbuchstaben (dentales): [...]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "letter (of the alphabet)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ],
        [
          "alphabet",
          "alphabet"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "de:Law"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "letter (a division unit of a piece of law marked by letters)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "law",
          "law#English"
        ],
        [
          "letter",
          "letter"
        ],
        [
          "division",
          "division"
        ],
        [
          "unit",
          "unit"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(law) letter (a division unit of a piece of law marked by letters)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "weak"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbuːxʃtaːbə/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Buchstabe.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/43/De-Buchstabe.ogg/De-Buchstabe.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/De-Buchstabe.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "Buchstab"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Elmar Seebold",
    "Etymological Dictionary of the German Language",
    "de:Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache"
  ],
  "word": "Buchstabe"
}

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