Bucht

First attested as Bucht in 1936. Derived from a dialectal variant of bocht, used here in the sense "fenced-in property, enclosed parcel". Compare De Bocht and Buchten.

• IPA^(key): /bʏxt/
• Hyphenation: Bucht
• Rhymes: -ʏxt

Bucht n

1. a neighbourhood of Bergeijk, North Brabant, Netherlands

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

17th century, from Low German, from Middle Low German bucht, from Old Saxon buht, from Proto-West Germanic *buhti, from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz. Cognate with Dutch bocht, English bight.

• IPA^(key): /bʊxt/, [bʊxt], [bʊχt]
• Rhymes: -ʊχt

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Bucht f (genitive Bucht, plural Buchten)

1. bay; gulf; bight

   Synonyms: Golf m, Meerbusen m

2. niche, especially one that is wide rather than deep; a slight recess

   Synonym: Nische f

• einbuchten
• Haltebucht

• “Bucht” in Duden online
• “Bucht” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Bucht” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

From Middle Low German bucht, from Old Saxon buht, from Proto-West Germanic *buhti, from Proto-Germanic *buhtiz.

Bucht f

1. cove, inlet
2. harbour