Gabe

See Gabriel.

• IPA^(key): /ɡeɪb/
• Rhymes: -eɪb

Gabe

1. A diminutive of the male given name Gabriel.

Various origins:

• Borrowed from German Gabe, from a short form of several personal names beginning with the Proto-Germanic element *gabį̄ (“wealth, riches”).
• Borrowed from French Gabe, perhaps a nickname from Old French gabe (“joke”), from the verb gaber (“to tell jokes”).
• English surname, from a pet form of the personal name Gabriel, or alternatively a nickname from Middle English gabbe (“falsehood, deceit, lie”).

Gabe (plural Gabes)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gabe is the 40856^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 534 individuals. Gabe is most common among White (76.22%) and Black/African American (10.11%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gabe”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 1.

• Bega, EGBA, Egba, beag, bega

• Gaabe (obsolete)

From geben (“give”), also inherited from Middle High German gābe, from Old High German *gāba, from Proto-West Germanic *gābā, from Proto-Germanic *gēbǭ (“gift, giving”), from *gebaną whence English give.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaːbə/

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• Hyphenation: Ga‧be
• Rhymes: -aːbə
• Homophone: Garbe (nonstandard)

Gabe f (genitive Gabe, plural Gaben)

1. gift, present, donation, alms
2. administration, dose (act of giving medication)

• Gabenbringer, Gabenspender, Gabenfresser
• geben (“give”)

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