Garbe

Garbe

See also: garbe, garbé, garbė, and garbë

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Garbe.

Proper noun

Garbe (plural Garbes)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Garbe is the 22131^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1168 individuals. Garbe is most common among White (95.55%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Garbe”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 14.

Anagrams

• Aberg, Barge, Berga, Gaber, barge, begar, rebag

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡarbə/, [ˈɡaʁbə], [ˈɡaɐ̯bə], [ˈɡaːbə]

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• Homophone: Gabe (some speakers)

Etymology 1

From Middle High German garbe, from Old High German garba, from Proto-Germanic *garbō. Cognate with Dutch garf.

Noun

Garbe f (genitive Garbe, plural Garben)

1. sheaf

   Synonym: (chiefly dialectal) Schaub

2. (heraldry) garb

Declension

Declension of Garbe [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Garbe	die	Garben
genitive	einer	der	Garbe	der	Garben
dative	einer	der	Garbe	den	Garben
accusative	eine	die	Garbe	die	Garben

Etymology 2

From Middle High German garwe, from Old High German garwa, from Proto-West Germanic *garwu.

Noun

Garbe f (genitive Garbe, plural Garben)

1. (obsolete as a simplex) yarrow

Declension

Declension of Garbe [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Garbe	die	Garben
genitive	einer	der	Garbe	der	Garben
dative	einer	der	Garbe	den	Garben
accusative	eine	die	Garbe	die	Garben

Derived terms

• Schafgarbe (“yarrow”)

Further reading

• “Garbe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Garbe” in Duden online