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)
- 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
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Tauber”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
- Forebears
Etymology 2
Borrowed from German Tauber.
Proper noun
Tauber
- A left tributary of the Main in Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, Germany
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtaʊ̯.bər/, [ˈtʰaʊ̯.bɐ]
Etymology 1
Variant of Taube.
Noun
Tauber m (strong, genitive Taubers, plural Tauber, feminine Täubin)
- male pigeon, dove (cock pigeon, cock-pigeon, he-pigeon, cock-dove, cock dove)
Declension
Declension of Tauber [masculine, strong]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Tauber | die | Tauber |
| genitive | eines | des | Taubers | der | Tauber |
| dative | einem | dem | Tauber | den | Taubern |
| accusative | einen | den | Tauber | die | Tauber |
Synonyms
- Täuber
- Tauberich
- Täuberich
- Taubenmännchen
- Taubenhahn
- männliche Taube
Hypernyms
- Vogel
- Taubenvogel
- Taube
Coordinate terms
- Täubin
- Taubenweibchen
- Taubenhenne
- weibliche Taube
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)
- Tauber (a left tributary of the Main in Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, Germany)
Etymology 3
Substantivization of taub.
Noun
Tauber m (adjectival, definite nominative der Taube, genitive (des) Tauben, plural Taube, definite plural die Tauben, feminine Taube)
- deaf person (male or of unspecified gender)
Declension
Declension of Tauber [masculine, adjectival]
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Noun
Tauber f
- inflection of Taube:
- strong genitive/dative singular
- strong genitive plural
Further reading
- “Tauber” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache