Debes

Named for the German cartographer Ernst Debes (1840–1923).

• IPA^(key): /ˈdeɪbəs/

Debes

1. (astronomy and selenography) A lunar impact crater located to the north of Mare Crisium, in the eastern part of the Moon’s near side.

• Debes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Debes (crater) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Debes

1. a surname
   1. Lucas Jacobsøn Debes (1623–1675), Danish priest, topographer, and writer

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• → Latin: Debes

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Debes

1. a surname
   1. Hans Jákupsson Debes (1723–1769), Løgmaður (“Lawman”) of the Faroe Islands (1752–1769)
   2. Hans Jacob Debes (1940–2003), Faroese writer, politician, and lecturer at the University of the Faroe Islands

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• IPA^(key): /dœb/
• Rhymes: -œb

Debes m or f by sense

1. a surname
   1. Juliette Émilie Debes (1889–1979), French painter and portrait-artist
   2. Marthe Désirée Debes (1893–1967), French painter and portrait-artist

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• IPA^(key): /ˈdeːbəs/
• Hyphenation: De‧bes

Debes m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Debes' or (with an article) Debes, feminine genitive Debes, plural Debes or Debesens)

1. a surname
   1. Ernst Debes (1840–1923), German cartographer for whom the Debes lunar impact crater is named
   2. Robert Debes (1878–1962), German-Swiss economist and Professor of Business Administration at the then-Handelshochschule St. Gallen (“St. Gallen Business School”)
   3. Lothar Debes (1890–1960), German SS-Gruppenführer and lieutenant general of the Waffen-SS
   4. Paul Debes (1906–2004), German author, teacher, and pioneering popularizer of Buddhism in Germany
   5. Kurt Debes (born 1916), former member for the NDPD of the Volkskammer (literally “People’s Chamber”) of the German Democratic Republic
   6. Louis-Helmut Debes (1932–2009), German music teacher
   7. Martin Debes (born 1971), German journalist and author

• → English: Debes

• Debes on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Danish Debes

Debes m sg or f sg (variously declined, genitive Debes or Debesis); indeclinable, third declension

1. a surname from Danish
   1. Lucas Jacobi f. Debes (1623–1675), Danish priest, topographer, and writer
      • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Debes.

• The surname Debes only inflects to indicate grammatical case when it occurs alone. When it occurs with a declinable given name, only the given name inflects, with Debes indeclinable. For example, alone Debes has the genitive Debesis, but the phrase Lūcās Debes has the genitive Lūcae Debes, not *Lūcae Debesis.

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Debes

1. a surname
   1. Jens Peter Gløersen Debes (1776–1832), Norwegian judge and politician
   2. Peter Olaf Debes (né Nielsen; 1845–1914), Norwegian teacher, customs officer, and politician
   3. Inge Thomas Dahl Debes (1882–1945), Norwegian jurist, editor, and politician; husband of Gunvor Debes and father of Jan Ingessøn Debes
   4. Gunvor Debes (née Schneider; 1893–1961), Norwegian writer, translator, and teacher; wife of Inge Thomas Dahl Debes and mother of Jan Ingessøn Debes
   5. Jan Ingessøn Debes (1925–1999), Norwegian jurist; son of Inge Thomas Dahl Debes and Gunvor Debes

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