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Bochum
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English
Proper noun
en city in western c/Germany.
Translations
a city in Germany
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 波鴻
German: de Bochum n
Greek: el Μπόχουμ n
Limburgish: li Boochem
Lithuanian: lt Bochumas m
Low German:
German Low German: nds-de Baukem
Marathi: mr बोखुम
Russian: ru Бо́хум m
German
de:
Etymology
From de gml bôchêm, gml bôkhêm, equivalent to gml boke bôke, bö̂ke beech + gml hêm home. Compare de -um placename suffix. 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 nl lichaam, but the popular form in Westphalian Low German is nds Baukem.) de Buchheim.
Pronunciation
de /ˈboːxʊm/
de De-Bochum.ogg
de De-Bochum2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
n
de independent city r/de:Ruhrgebiet s/North Rhine-Westphalia c/Germany Bochum