Polyglot Dictionary

Buchhändler

/ˈbuːxˌhɛndlɐ/

der noun B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
Buchhändler

Meaning

  1. bookseller

    Built from Buch (book) + Händler (dealer).

    • Der Buchhändler empfahl einen Roman.

      The bookseller recommended a novel.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • Buch book
  • Händler dealer

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

librero

librero is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "bookseller."

Practice

1 What does Buchhändler mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der ___ empfahl einen Roman.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Buchhändler?

nouncompound

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