Kabel

Borrowed from German Kabel, metonymic occupational surname for a rope maker.

Kabel (plural Kabels)

1. A surname from German.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kabel is the 34223^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 663 individuals. Kabel is most common among White (96.23%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kabel”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 263.

• Balke, Blake, Kaleb, blake, bleak

Attested as Kabel (De) in 1899. Derived from a dialectal form of kavel (“lot, parcel”).

• Hyphenation: Ka‧bel

Kabel n

1. A hamlet in Dijk en Waard, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “kabel”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎ (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

From Middle High German kabel, which is borrowed via Middle Low German from Middle Dutch cabel (“thick rope”), itself from northern French câble. The contemporary sense is from English cable, which see for more.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaːbəl/, [ˈkaːbəl], [ˈkaːbl̩]

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• Hyphenation: Ka‧bel

Kabel n (strong, genitive Kabels, plural Kabel, diminutive Käbelchen n)

1. cable (electronic wire)

   Synonym: (colloquial) Schnur

2. (archaic) telegram

   Synonym: Telegramm

3. (nautical, not general) thick rope

   Synonym: Tau

• kabellos
• Antennenkabel, Breitbandkabel, Netzkabel, Netzwerkkabel, Stromkabel, Starthilfekabel, Überbrückungskabel, Verlängerungskabel
• Kabelsalat, Kabeltrommel, Kabelträger