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The article for

Buche

die Buche

Buche is a feminine German noun. Its article is die.

Plural
die Buchen

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Why is it die Buche?

Buche is a tree, and trees are feminine: die Buche. The exceptions: der Ahorn and der Holunder.

Trees
Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Leaf tree of the genus Fagus

[1] Laubbaum der Gattung Fagus

[2] Type of wood from [1]

[2] Holzart von [1]

Examples

[1] There are many beeches in the Harz

[1] Im Harz finden sich viele Buchen.

[1] "Between flat, only steeply and quai -like rising banks, it lies there, framework of old beeches, the branches of which, pulled down from its own heaviness, touched the lake with its tip"

[1] „Zwischen flachen, nur an einer einzigen Stelle steil und quaiartig ansteigenden Ufern liegt er da, rundum von alten Buchen eingefaßt, deren Zweige, von ihrer eignen Schwere nach unten gezogen, den See mit ihrer Spitze berühren.“
More source examples (1)

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[2] Take the parquet in Buchää

[2] Nimm doch das Parkett in Buche!

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Buche die Buchen
Genitiv der Buche der Buchen
Dativ der Buche den Buchen
Akkusativ die Buche die Buchen

Pronunciation

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