Etymology

Büchen

Today it means: A municipality in Lauenburg district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Full definition →

Middle High German Boken
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  1. Middle High German · derived fromBoken
  2. English todayBüchen

From German, first mentioned in 1230 as Middle High German Boken, a name corresponding to modern Buche (“beech”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.