Buchecker

German

Etymology

Compound of Buche +‎ Ecker. The now rare simplex Ecker from Middle High German ackeran, eckern; only once attested in Old High German ekarn. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *akraną, whence also English acorn. An original neuter or masculine whose final -n was interpreted as a plural morpheme and which was subsequently made into a feminine. Kluge (24th edition) considers it a chiefly Low German word (compare Middle Low German ākeren, eckeren).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbuːxˌ(ʔ)ɛkɐ/
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Noun

Buchecker f (genitive Buchecker, plural Bucheckern)

  1. beechnut

Declension
Declension of Buchecker [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Buchecker die Bucheckern
genitive einer der Buchecker der Bucheckern
dative einer der Buchecker den Bucheckern
accusative eine die Buchecker die Bucheckern

Synonyms
  • (rare) Ecker
  • (Switzerland) Buchennüsschen

Further reading
  • “Buchecker” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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