Tauber

See also: tauber and Täuber

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Tauber, an occupational surname for a pigeon breeder, from Taube (pigeon) + -er.

Proper noun

Tauber (plural Taubers)

  1. A surname from German.
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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Tauber.

Proper noun

Tauber

  1. A left tributary of the Main in Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, Germany

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaʊ̯.bər/, [ˈtʰaʊ̯.bɐ]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Tau‧ber

Etymology 1

Variant of Taube.

Noun

Tauber m (strong, genitive Taubers, plural Tauber, feminine Täubin)

  1. male pigeon or dove (cock pigeon, cock-pigeon, he-pigeon, cock dove, cock-dove, he-dove)
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Etymology 2

From a Celtic (likely Gaulish) word meaning "water". Compare English Dover, Welsh dwfr, dŵr, Breton dour and Old Irish dobur (water, river).

Proper noun

die Tauber f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Tauber)

  1. Tauber (a left tributary of the Main in Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, Germany)
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)

  1. deaf person (male or of unspecified sex)
    Er macht die Blinden sehend und die Tauben hörend. - He makes the blind see and the deaf hear.
Declension

Noun

Tauber f

  1. inflection of Taube:
    1. strong genitive/dative singular
    2. strong genitive plural

Further reading

  • Tauber” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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