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German
Etymology
From Middle High German buochmachære, from Old High German buohmahhāri, buohmahheri. Equivalent to Buch + Macher. The sense “bookie” (19th c.) is a semantic loan from English bookmaker.
Pronunciation
Noun
Buchmacher m (strong, genitive Buchmachers, plural Buchmacher, feminine Buchmacherin)
- bookmaker; bookie (one who accepts bets; male or unspecified sex)
- (archaic, except as an ad-hoc formation) one who makes books, especially a (mediocre) author
1823, Hartwig von Hundt-Radowsky, Die Judenschule, oder gründliche Anleitung, in kurzer Zeit ein vollkommener schwarzer oder weißer Jude zu werden, volume 3, page 67:Die Schriftsteller sind die Citronen, die sie bis auf den letzten Tropfen zu ihrem Punsch auspressen; und der arme magere ausgepreßte Verse- und Buchmacher muß nachher mit wässerndem Munde zuschauen, wie der wohlbeleibte Herr Verleger die rauchende Bowle leert, wozu er Saft und Kraft lieferte.- Authors are the lemons which they squeeze out to the last trop for their punch; and afterwards the poor, meagre, squeezed-out verse and book-maker must watch with his mouth watering as the rotund publisher drinks up the fuming punch, to which he gave sap and strength.
Declension
Further reading
- “Buchmacher” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache