Book

See also: book

English

Etymology

An Americanized form of German Buch, or alternatively a variant of Buck.

Proper noun

Book (plural Books)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Book is the 5471^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6356 individuals. Book is most common among White (93.36%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Book”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 193.

Anagrams

• kobo, boko, bòkò, Koob, Boko

Cebuano

Etymology

From buæk.

Proper noun

Book

1. a surname from Cebuano

German Low German

Alternative forms

• Bok, Bauk

Etymology

From Middle Low German bôk, from Old Saxon bōk (“book”), from Proto-West Germanic *bōk, from Proto-Germanic *bōks (“beech, book”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂ǵos. Cognate with Dutch boek, English book, West Frisian boek, German Buch, Danish bog, Faroese bók, Icelandic bók, Norwegian bok, Swedish bok, Gothic 𐌱𐍉𐌺𐌰 (bōka). The Germanic root is often taken to be related to the word for beech, the wood of rune-tablets.

Noun

Book n (plural Böker or Beuker or Boken)

1. book

Derived terms

• Billerbook
• Book Mormon
• Bookbinner
• Bookbinneree
• Bookbinnerie
• Bookbinnerin
• Bookbinnersch
• Bookbinnersche
• Bookbüdel
• Bookdrucker
• Bookdruckeree
• Bookdruckerie
• Bookdruckerin
• Bookdruckersch
• Bookdruckersche
• Bookgeld
• Bookhannel
• Bookhannelsfro
• Bookhannelsfru
• Bookhannelsmann
• Bookholler
• Bookhollerin
• Bookhollersch
• Bookhollersche
• Bookhändler
• Bookhändlerin
• Bookhändlersch
• Bookhändlersche
• Bookhöker
• Bookhökerin
• Bookhökersch
• Bookhökersche
• Bookmess
• Bookpries
• Bookreeg
• Bookstaav
• bookstaberen
• Bookstaberen
• Bookstoov
• Bookutgaav
• Bookutgoov
• Bookvörlaag
• Bookvörloog
• Bookwoort
• Bookümslag
• Dreihbook
• Gedichtbook
• Geschichtenbook
• Grammatikbook
• Greun Book
• Gröön Book
• Handbook
• Kinnerbook
• Kontobook
• Lederbook
• lütt Book
• Naambook
• Noombook
• Notizbook
• Rechtsbook
• Root Book
• Seebook
• Taschenbook
• Wöörbook

 

Related terms

• Bökeree
• Bökerie
• Bökerworm

See also

• Enzyklopädie
• Lexikon
• Nakieksel, Nokieksel
• Novell
• Roman

References

• Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, →ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)