Translation
the book
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Word origin
From Old High German buoh, related to Buche ('beech tree'), since early runic writing was carved on beechwood tablets - the same connection as English book and beech.
- Origin
- Old High German
- Root
- buoh
- English cognates
- book, beech
Grammar
Examples
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I'm currently reading an exciting book.
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She has already written three books.
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Can you recommend this book to me?
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(5)Grammar articles
(17)German Adjective Endings: Strong, Weak and Mixed in Three Tables
German Superlative and Comparative: -er, am -sten and Umlauts
German Future Tense: werden Plus the Infinitive (and Futur II)
German Irregular Verbs: The Strong Verb Patterns That Repeat
German Negation: Nicht or Kein, and Where Nicht Goes
German Passive Voice: werden Plus a Participle, Again
German Perfect Tense: haben or sein, Plus a Past Participle
German Personal Pronouns: ich, mich, mir and the Formal Sie
German Plurals Beyond the Basics: -nis Nouns and Neuter -(e)n
German Plurals: Eight Patterns and the Rules That Predict Them
German Possessive Pronouns: mein, dein, sein and Their Endings
German Prepositions: Which Case Each One Takes, in One Chart
German Question Words: wer, was, wo, wann, warum and wie
German Reflexive Verbs: sich, mich, mir and When to Use Each
German Relative Pronouns: der, die, das Do a Second Job
German Sentence Structure: Why the Verb Always Comes Second
German zu + Infinitive: um zu, ohne zu, statt zu Explained
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 5, lesson 6: Words 441-450.