# das Buch

das Buch is a German noun meaning “book”. Forms: des Buches, die Bücher.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Buches
- Plural: die Bücher

## In other languages

- Русский: книга
- Українська: книга

## Noun

1. 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 — (please add an English translation of this quotation)
2. _plural-normally_ books (accounting records)

## Noun

1. _rare_ omasum, the third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant

## Proper name

1. a municipality of Vorarlberg, Austria
2. a municipality of Bavaria, Germany
3. either of two municipalities in the Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

## Examples

- Tom saß da und las ein Buch. — Tom sat reading a book.
- Ich nahm ein Buch aus dem Regal. — I took a book from the shelf.
- Er hat das Buch zu Ende gelesen. — He finished reading the book.
- Gibt es bei dir zu Hause Bücher? — Do you have any books at home?
- Sie hat immer ein Buch bei sich. — She always carries a book with her.

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