in einem Buch nachschlagen.

to look something up in a book

Türkçe: kitaptan bakmak

Noun

Buch n.

Verb

nachschlagen

Topic

Bildung und Wissen

In a sentence

Mein Kollege schlägt die Telefonnummer in einem alten Buch nach.

How it is used

Means to look something up in a book. Register: neutral, everyday. A person might do this when checking a dictionary or encyclopedia. The separable prefix 'nach-' is key; learners often forget to separate it in main clauses.

Other verbs that go with Buch

This is the choice the collocation turns on.

• Buch führento keep accounts/books
• ein Buch lesento read a book
• ein Buch durchblätternto leaf/flip through a book
• ein Buch verfassento write/compose a book
• ein Buch verreißen / kritisierento severely criticize or pan a book
• ein Buch verlegento publish a book
• aus einem Buch vorlesento read aloud from a book
• aus einem Buch zitierento quote from a book

All collocations with Buch