Book

German Low German

Alternative forms

• Bok

Etymology

From Middle Low German bōk, from Old Saxon bōk (“book”), from Proto-Germanic *bōks (“beech, book”), from Proto-Indo-European *bheh₁g̑ós (“beech”), *bʰeh₂ǵos. Cognate with Dutch boek, English book, West Frisian boek, German Buch, Danish bog, Faroese bók, Icelandic bók, Norwegian bok, Swedish bok, Gothic 𐌱𐍉𐌺𐌰 (boka). The Germanic root is often taken to be related to the word for beech, the wood of rune-tablets.

Noun

Book n (plural Böker or Beuker)

1. book

Derived terms

• Billerbook
• Bookbinner
• Bookbinneree
• Bookbinnerin
• Bookbinnerie
• Bookbinnersch
• Bookbinnersche
• Bookbüdel
• Bookdrucker
• Bookdruckeree
• Bookdruckerie
• Bookdruckerin
• Bookdruckersch
• Bookdruckersche
• Bookgeld
• Bookhändler
• Bookhändlerin
• Bookhändlersch
• Bookhändlersche
• Bookhannel
• Bookhannelsfro
• Bookhannelsfru
• Bookhannelsmann
• Bookhöker
• Bookhökerin
• Bookhökersch
• Bookhökersche
• Bookholler
• Bookhollerin
• Bookhollersch
• Bookhollersche
• Bookmess
• Book Mormon
• Bookpries
• Bookreeg
• Bookstaav
• bookstaberen
• Bookstaberen
• Bookstoov
• Bookümslag
• Bookutgaav
• Bookutgoov
• Bookvörlaag
• Bookvörloog
• Bookwoort
• Dreihbook (Dreihbookschriever, Dreihbookschrieverin, Dreihbookschrieversch, Dreihbookschrieversche)
• Gedichtbook
• Geschichtenbook
• Grammatikbook
• Greun Book (dat Greune Book)
• Gröön Book (dat Gröne Book)
• Handbook
• Kinnerbook
• Kontobook
• Lederbook
• lütt Book
• Naambook
• Noombook
• Notizbook
• Rechtsbook
• Root Book (dat Rode Book)
• Seebook
• Taschenbook (Taschenbookutgaav, Taschenbookutgoov)
• Wöörbook

Related terms

• Bökeree
• Bökerie
• Bökerworm

See also

• Enzyklopädie
• Lexikon
• Nakieksel
• Nokieksel
• Novell
• Roman

References

• Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, ISBN 978-3-529-03000-0, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)