Bochum

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Bochum

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Proper noun edit

Bochum

A city in western Germany

Translations edit

a city in Germany

Chinese:
Mandarin: 波鴻／波鸿 (zh) (Bōhóng)
German: Bochum (de) n
Greek: Μπόχουμ (el) n (Bóchoum)
Limburgish: Boochem
Low German:
German Low German: Baukem (nds)
Russian: Бо́хум (ru) m (Bóxum)

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Bochum

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Etymology edit

From Middle Low German bôchêm, bôkhêm, equivalent to bôke, bö̂ke (“beech”) + hêm (“home”). Doublet of Buchheim. The suffix was reduced to [əm] (see -em) and then backed under influence of the preceding velar. The [x] may go back to spelling pronunciation or influence by a Central German dialect. It could also be a native development [kh] → [x] as in Dutch lichaam, but the popular form in Westphalian Low German is Baukem.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /ˈboːxʊm/
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Proper noun edit

Bochum n (proper noun, strong, genitive Bochums)

Bochum (an independent city in Ruhrgebiet, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany)