Bauch

See also: bauch

German

Etymology

From Middle High German būch, from Old High German būh, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, body”). More at bouk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baʊ̯x/

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Noun

Bauch m (strong, genitive Bauches or Bauchs, plural Bäuche, diminutive Bäuchlein n or Bäuchelchen n)

1. abdomen, belly

   Mein Bauch tut mir so weh!

   My belly hurts so bad!

Declension

Declension of Bauch [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Bauch	die	Bäuche
genitive	eines	des	Bauches, Bauchs	der	Bäuche
dative	einem	dem	Bauch, Bauche1	den	Bäuchen
accusative	einen	den	Bauch	die	Bäuche

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hyponyms

• Bierbauch
• Schmerbauch

Derived terms

• bauchig

Related terms

• barbäuchig
• Bauchatmung
• Bauchfell
• Bauchgefühl
• Bauchgurt
• Bauchhöhle
• Bauchladen
• Bauchlandung
• Bauchnabel
• Bauchredner
• Bauchschmerzen
• Bauchspeichel
• Bauchtasche

 

Descendants

• → Masurian: bełk, bełch

See also

• Magen

Proper noun

Bauch m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Bauchs or (with an article) Bauch, feminine genitive Bauch, plural Bauchs)

1. a surname

Further reading

• “Bauch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Bauch” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Bauch” in Duden online
• Bauch on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Bauch”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German būch, from Old High German būh, from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, body”). More at bouk.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bæːʊ̯χ]

Noun

Bauch m (plural Bäich)

1. stomach, belly