Tauber
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from German Tauber, an occupational surname for a pigeon breeder, from Taube (“pigeon”) + -er.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Tauber is the 11595th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2708 individuals. Tauber is most common among White (95.27%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Tauber”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- Forebears
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtaʊ̯.bər/, [ˈtʰaʊ̯.bɐ]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Tau‧ber
Etymology 1
Variant of Taube.
Noun
Tauber m (strong, genitive Taubers, plural Tauber, feminine Täubin)
- male pigeon or dove (cock pigeon, cock-pigeon, he-pigeon, cock dove, cock-dove, he-dove)
Declension
Etymology 2
From a Celtic (likely Gaulish) word meaning "water". Compare English Dover, Welsh dwfr, dŵr, Breton dour and Old Irish dobur (“water, river”).
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Substantivization of taub.
Noun
Tauber m (adjectival, definite nominative der Taube, genitive (des) Tauben, plural Taube, definite plural die Tauben, feminine Taube)
Declension
Declension of Tauber [masculine, adjectival]
singular | plural | |||
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masculine gender | strong declension | |||
nominative | Tauber | Taube | ||
genitive | Tauben | Tauber | ||
dative | Taubem | Tauben | ||
accusative | Tauben | Taube | ||
weak declension | ||||
nominative | der | Taube | die | Tauben |
genitive | des | Tauben | der | Tauben |
dative | dem | Tauben | den | Tauben |
accusative | den | Tauben | die | Tauben |
mixed declension | ||||
nominative | ein | Tauber | (keine) | Tauben |
genitive | eines | Tauben | (keiner) | Tauben |
dative | einem | Tauben | (keinen) | Tauben |
accusative | einen | Tauben | (keine) | Tauben |
Further reading
- “Tauber” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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