Bach

See also: bach, bách, bạch, Bạch, and bac̱h

English

Etymology 1

From German Bach. The surname was brought to the Anglo-Saxon world by immigrants from other Germanic countries. Doublet of Beach.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Bach

  1. A surname from German.
  2. (music) Johann Sebastian Bach, a German organist and composer.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Vietnamese Bạch. Doublet of Bai.

Proper noun

Bach

  1. A surname from Vietnamese.

Statistics
  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Bach is the 2,986th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 11,999 individuals. Bach is most common among White (84.82%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (10.70%) individuals.

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From German Bach, also as a Germanisation/Germanization of the Danish surname Bak (“hill”).

Proper noun

Bach

  1. a surname of Danish-speakers
  2. (music) Bach

German

Etymology

From Middle High German bach, from Old High German bah, from Proto-West Germanic *baki. Cognate with English beach and beck.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /baχ/
  • audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ax

Noun

Bach m (strong, genitive Baches or Bachs, plural Bäche, diminutive Bächlein n or Bächelchen n)

  1. brook, stream

Declension
Declension of Bach [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Bach die Bäche
genitive eines des Baches, Bachs der Bäche
dative einem dem Bach, Bache1 den Bächen
accusative einen den Bach die Bäche

1Now rare, see notes.

Proper noun

Bach m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Bachs or (with an article) Bach, feminine genitive Bach, plural Bachs)

  1. a topographic surname
  2. (music) Johann Sebastian Bach, a German organist and composer

Proper noun

Bach n (proper noun, genitive Bachs or (optionally with an article) Bach)

  1. A municipality of Tyrol, Austria

Derived terms

Further reading

Hungarian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbɒxː]
  • Hyphenation: Bach
  • Rhymes: -ɒxː

Proper noun

Bach

  1. (music) Johann Sebastian Bach, a German organist and composer

Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Bach Bachok
accusative Bachot Bachokat
dative Bachnak Bachoknak
instrumental Bachhal Bachokkal
causal-final Bachért Bachokért
translative Bachhá Bachokká
terminative Bachig Bachokig
essive-formal Bachként Bachokként
essive-modal — —
inessive Bachban Bachokban
superessive Bachon Bachokon
adessive Bachnál Bachoknál
illative Bachba Bachokba
sublative Bachra Bachokra
allative Bachhoz Bachokhoz
elative Bachból Bachokból
delative Bachról Bachokról
ablative Bachtól Bachoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular		 Baché Bachoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural		 Bachéi Bachokéi
Possessive forms of Bach
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Bachom Bachjaim
2nd person sing. Bachod Bachjaid
3rd person sing. Bachja Bachjai
1st person plural Bachunk Bachjaink
2nd person plural Bachotok Bachjaitok
3rd person plural Bachjuk Bachjaik

Derived terms

Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German bach, from Old Saxon *bak, from Proto-West Germanic *baki (“brook; beach”).

Cognate with Dutch beek, German Bach, English beach, Swedish bäck.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /baɦ/

Noun

Bach n (plural Bäakja)

  1. stream, creek, brook

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bax/
  • Rhymes: -ax
  • Syllabification: Bach

Proper noun

Bach m pers

  1. a male surname

Declension
Declension of Bach
singular plural
nominative Bach Bachowie
genitive Bacha Bachów
dative Bachowi Bachom
accusative Bacha Bachów
instrumental Bachem Bachami
locative Bachu Bachach
vocative Bachu Bachowie

Proper noun

Bach f (indeclinable)

  1. a female surname

Further reading
  • “Bach”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022

Portuguese

Etymology

From German Bach.

Proper noun

Bach m

  1. a surname from German
  2. (music) Bach (German composer)
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