Garbe

• As a German surname, variant of Garb, which is converged from words such as gerben (“to tan”) and Ger (“spear”). Compare the surnames Gerber, Gerhardt.
• As a French surname, from Old French gerba (“wheatsheaf”) (see modern verb gerber (“to sheave”)).

Garbe (plural Garbes)

1. A surname from German.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Garbe is the 22131^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1168 individuals. Garbe is most common among White (95.55%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Garbe”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 14.

• Gaber, barge, Barge, Berga, begar, rebag, Aberg, Brega

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡarbə/, , ,

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• Homophone: Gabe (some speakers)

From Middle High German garbe, from Old High German garba, from Proto-West Germanic *garbā (“sheaf”).

Garbe f (genitive Garbe, plural Garben)

1. sheaf

   Synonym: (chiefly dialectal) Schaub

2. (heraldry) garb

From Middle High German garwe, from Old High German garwa, from Proto-West Germanic *garwu, perhaps a variant of *garu (“prepared, ready (of food”)), as the plant was used medicinally for digestion.

Garbe f (genitive Garbe, plural Garben)

2. (obsolete as a simplex) yarrow

• Schafgarbe (“yarrow”)

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