Staub
See also: štaub
English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Staub.
Proper noun
Staub (plural Staubs)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Staub is the 6739th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5004 individuals. Staub is most common among White (96.42%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Staub”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
German
Etymology
From Middle High German and Old High German stoup, from Proto-West Germanic *stubbju, from Proto-Germanic *stubjuz (compare also Gestüpp).
Cognate with Danish støv, Norwegian Bokmål støv, Norwegian Nynorsk støv, Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌿𐌱𐌾𐌿𐍃 (stubjus).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃtaʊ̯p/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aʊ̯p
- Hyphenation: Staub
Noun
Staub m (strong, genitive Staubes or Staubs, plural Stäube or Staube, diminutive Stäubchen n or Stäublein n)
- dust
- Hypernyms: Pulver, Schmutz
- Hyponyms: Blütenstaub, Eisenstaub, Feinstaub, Grobstaub, Hausstaub, Mehlstaub, Rasierstaub
Declension
Declension of Staub [masculine, strong]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Staub | die | Stäube, Staube |
| genitive | eines | des | Staubes, Staubs | der | Stäube, Staube |
| dative | einem | dem | Staub, Staube1 | den | Stäuben, Stauben |
| accusative | einen | den | Staub | die | Stäube, Staube |
1Now uncommon, see notes.
Derived terms
Adjectives derived from Staub
- staubabweisend
- staubbedeckt
- staubfein
- staubfrei
- staubig
- staubtrocken
Nouns derived from Staub
- Staubbesen
- Staubbeutel
- Staubblatt
- Staubexplosion
- Staubfaden
- Staubfänger
- Staubfilter
- Staubgefäß
- Staubkamm
- Staubkorn
- Staublappen
- Staublawine
- Staublunge
- Staubmantel
- Staubpartikel
- Staubsaugen
- Staubsauger
- Staubschicht
- Staubteilchen
- Staubtuch
- Staubwedel
- Staubwolke
- Staubzucker
Verbs derived from Staub
- abstauben
- stauben
- stäuben
- staubsaugen
- verstauben
Related terms
- in den Staub treten
- Staub aufwirbeln
- sich aus dem Staub machen
- Hausstaub
- Sternenstaub
Further reading
- “Staub” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Staub” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Staub” in Duden online
Staub on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de