Band

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See also: band, bånd, Bånd, bánd, and *band

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Band.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Band (plural Bands)

  1. A surname from German.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Band is the 33894th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 671 individuals. Band is most common among White (86.14%) individuals.

Further reading

Anagrams

German

Etymology 1

From Middle High German bant, from Old High German bant, from Proto-Germanic *bandiz (“band”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bant/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ant

Noun

Band n (strong, genitive Bandes or Bands, plural Bänder or (figurative or poetic) Bande, diminutive Bändchen n or Bändlein n)

  1. tape, ribbon
  2. (anatomy) A ligament
  3. band or tie holding items together
  4. belt (conveyor belt, fan belt, etc.)
  5. band of the spectrum
  6. (figurative) intimate bond to a person
  7. (figurative) dependence, social bond
  8. (poetic) shackle
Usage notes
  • The normal plural is Bänder.
  • The plural Bande is used in the figurative sense of “bond” and in the poetic meaning “shackles” (for which usually Fessel is used). In early modern German, the two plurals were widely interchangeable.
Declension
Declension of Band
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Band die Bänder, Bande2
genitive eines des Bandes, Bands der Bänder, Bande2
dative einem dem Band, Bande1 den Bändern, Banden2
accusative ein das Band die Bänder, Bande2

1Now rare, see notes.
2Figurative or poetic.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle High German bant, from the same origin as the "band" sense of Etymology 1.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

Band m (strong, genitive Bandes or Bands, plural Bände, diminutive Bändchen n)

  1. volume (of a multi-volume set of books)
Declension
Declension of Band
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Band die Bände
genitive eines des Bandes, Bands der Bände
dative einem dem Band, Bande1 den Bänden
accusative einen den Band die Bände

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English band.

Pronunciation

Noun

Band f (genitive Band, plural Bands)

  1. modern music band
    Synonyms: Musikgruppe, (archaic) Musikbande
Declension
Declension of Band
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Band die Bands
genitive einer der Band der Bands
dative einer der Band den Bands
accusative eine die Band die Bands

Etymology 4

Proper noun

Band m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Bands or (with an article) Band, feminine genitive Band, plural Bands)

  1. a surname
Declension
Declension of Band
singular plural
masculine feminine
indef. def. noun indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative (ein) (der) Band (eine) (die) Band (die) Bands
genitive (eines) (des) Bands, Band1 (einer) (der) Band (der) Bands
dative (einem) (dem) Band (einer) (der) Band (den) Bands
accusative (einen) (den) Band (eine) (die) Band (die) Bands

1With an article.

Further reading

Luxembourgish

Etymology 1

Probably either borrowed from German Band, or inherited from Old High German bant.

Pronunciation

Noun

Band n (plural Bänner)

  1. ribbon, band
  2. tape, band (e.g. magnetic tape)
  3. (anatomy) ligament
  4. hoop (on a barrel)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

Band f (plural Banten)

  1. band (musical group)
    Synonym: Museksgrupp
  2. band, gang (e.g. of thieves)
  3. crowd, group

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

Band m (plural Bänn)

  1. volume (one of a set of books)
Derived terms

Pennsylvania German

Etymology 1

Compare German band, Dutch band, English band.

Noun

Band n (plural Benner)

  1. band
  2. ribbon
  3. hinge
  4. bandage
  5. ligature

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bond.

Noun

Band n (plural Benner)

  1. bond
  2. certificate of indebtedness

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian Bánd.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Band m

  1. A commune of Mureș, Romania
  2. A village in Band, Mureș, Romania
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