Haber

See also: haber and håber

English

Proper noun

Haber

A surname from German.
1. (used attributively) German chemist Fritz Haber, who co-invented the Haber process for producing ammonia from hydrogen and nitrogen.

Derived terms

Haber process
Born-Haber cycle
Haber world (planet with an atmosphere largely comprised of hydrogen and nitrogen)

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Haber”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 108.

Anagrams

Baehr, Behar, Rehab., hebra, rehab

East Central German

Alternative forms

Habr

Etymology

From Middle High German haber, habere, from Old High German habaro, from Proto-Germanic *habrô. Compare German Haber.

Noun

Haber m

(Erzgebirgisch) oats

Derived terms

Haberstruh

Further reading

Manfred Blechschmidt, Behüt eich fei dos Licht Ein Weihnachtsbuch des Erzgebirges P. 97

German

Etymology

See German Hafer.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Haber m (strong, genitive Habers, no plural)

(Southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland dialectal, otherwise obsolete) oat
Synonym: Hafer

Declension

Declension of Haber [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Haber
genitive	eines	des	Habers
dative	einem	dem	Haber
accusative	einen	den	Haber

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