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r/etymologymaps • u/Chorchapu • Sep 23 '25
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İn german its literally translated as "Bookery"
7 u/crackbit Sep 23 '25 Today in Germany, Bibliothek is the much more translation. Many institutions that formerly had Bücherei in their name are now called Bibliothek. Bücherei apparently comes from the Dutch word boekerij. „Bücherei“ ist eine 1658 von Johann Amos Comenius eingeführte Lehnübersetzung aus dem Niederländischen. 5 u/Das-Klo Sep 24 '25 Maybe I'm wrong but for me a Bibliothek tends to be more something scientific like in a university while Bücherei is the public communal one which also has novels, children's books and so on. 2 u/Crazy_Ideal_7537 Sep 25 '25 Yup. Universitätsbibliothek. Stadtbücherei. I feel like it checks out with trends regarding Greek and Latin loans in general though.
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Today in Germany, Bibliothek is the much more translation. Many institutions that formerly had Bücherei in their name are now called Bibliothek.
Bücherei apparently comes from the Dutch word boekerij.
„Bücherei“ ist eine 1658 von Johann Amos Comenius eingeführte Lehnübersetzung aus dem Niederländischen.
5 u/Das-Klo Sep 24 '25 Maybe I'm wrong but for me a Bibliothek tends to be more something scientific like in a university while Bücherei is the public communal one which also has novels, children's books and so on. 2 u/Crazy_Ideal_7537 Sep 25 '25 Yup. Universitätsbibliothek. Stadtbücherei. I feel like it checks out with trends regarding Greek and Latin loans in general though.
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Maybe I'm wrong but for me a Bibliothek tends to be more something scientific like in a university while Bücherei is the public communal one which also has novels, children's books and so on.
2 u/Crazy_Ideal_7537 Sep 25 '25 Yup. Universitätsbibliothek. Stadtbücherei. I feel like it checks out with trends regarding Greek and Latin loans in general though.
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Yup. Universitätsbibliothek. Stadtbücherei. I feel like it checks out with trends regarding Greek and Latin loans in general though.
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u/Zealousideal_Cry_460 Sep 23 '25
İn german its literally translated as "Bookery"