Buchs

Buchs

1. A municipality in Aargau canton, Switzerland.
2. A former municipality in Lucerne canton, Switzerland.
3. A municipality in St. Gallen canton, Switzerland, on the border with Liechtenstein.
4. A municipality in Zurich canton, Switzerland.

From Middle High German and Old High German buhs, from Proto-West Germanic *buhs, from Latin buxus. Cognate with Middle Dutch bos, English box.

• IPA^(key): /bʊks/

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Buchs m (strong, genitive Buchses or (rare) Buchs, plural Buchse)

1. boxwood, box tree

• More often used in the compound Buchsbaum.

• → Dutch: buks

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Buchs n (proper noun, genitive Buchs' or (with an article) Buchs)

1. Buchs (one of three municipalities in Switzerland)

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• Buches

• IPA^(key): /buːχs/

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• Hyphenation: Buchs

Buchs n

1. genitive singular of Buch