Bucht

bucht Dutch Etymology First attested as Bucht in 1936. Derived from a dialectal variant of nl bocht, used here in the sense "fenced-in property, enclosed parcel". Compare nl De Bocht and nl Buchten. Pronunciation nl /bʏxt/ nl Bucht nl ʏxt 1 Proper noun n nl neighbourhood c/Bergeijk p/North Brabant c/Netherlands References German Etymology de ine-pro *bʰewgʰ- 17th century, from de nds -, from de gml bucht, from de osx buht, from de gmw-pro *buhti, from de gem-pro *buhtiz. Cognate with nl bocht, en bight. Pronunciation de /bʊxt/ [bʊxt] [bʊχt] [b̥-] de ʊχt 1 de De-Bucht.ogg de De-Bucht2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun f bay; gulf; bight de Golf<g:m> Meerbusen<g:m> niche, especially one that is wide rather than deep; a slight recess de Nische<g:f> Declension f Derived terms de einbuchten de Haltebucht Further reading de Bodies of water Landforms Plautdietsch Etymology pdt ine-pro *bʰewgʰ- From pdt gml bucht, from pdt osx buht, from pdt gmw-pro *buhti, from pdt gem-pro *buhtiz. Noun pdt noun f cove, inlet harbour pdt 1-syllable words Saterland Frisian Etymology From stq ofs *bucht, from stq gmw-pro *buht, gmw-pro *buhti, from stq gem-pro *buhtiz bay, from stq gem-pro *beuganą to bend, bow, from stq ine-pro *bʰewgʰ- to bend. Noun stq noun bay, bight, gulf