Buchstabe

== German == === Alternative forms === Buchstab (archaic) === Etymology === From Middle High German buochstabe, from Old High German *buohstabo (“letter, writing”) (attested only as Old High German buohstab; > German Buchstab), from Proto-West Germanic *bōkstabō, from Proto-Germanic *bōkstabô, a variant of *bōkstabaz. Compare English bookstaff, bookstave. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbuːxʃtaːbə/ === Noun === Buchstabe m (weak, genitive Buchstabens or (less common) Buchstaben, plural Buchstaben) letter (of the alphabet) 1795, Wilhelm Friedrich Hezel, Ausführliche Griechische Sprachlehre nebst Paradigmen der Griechischen Deklinationen und Konjugationen in 35 Tabellen, Weißenfels & Leipzig, p.14 (law) letter (a division unit of a piece of law marked by letters) ==== Usage notes ==== Buchstabe usually has the genitive singular (des) Buchstabens (cf. Name). The weak form (des) Buchstaben also exists. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Buchstäblichkeit ==== Related terms ==== === See also === Brief (letter delivered by mail) Letter Litera === References === === Further reading === “Buchstabe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Buchstabe” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Buchstabe” in Duden online Buchstabe on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de