Giebel

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Giebel.

Proper noun

Giebel (plural Giebels)

  1. A surname from German.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Giebel is the 28131st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 851 individuals. Giebel is most common among White (96.24%) individuals.

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German gibel, from Old High German gibil, from Proto-Germanic *gabla- (“top of a pitched roof”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰobʰ-lo-, likely derived from the stem *ǵʰebʰ-l-.[1] Compare Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌻𐌰 (gibla), Old Norse gafl.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡiːbl̩/
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Noun

Giebel m (strong, genitive Giebels, plural Giebel)

  1. gable
    • 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, “Aus dem Lande der Ostseeritter”, in Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun., page 73:
      Die Hauptfassade war mit einem griechischen Giebel und dorischen Säulen geschmückt worden, […]
      The main facade had been decorated with a Greek gable and Doric columns,

Declension

Declension of Giebel
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Giebel die Giebel
genitive eines des Giebels der Giebel
dative einem dem Giebel den Giebeln
accusative einen den Giebel die Giebel

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “gable”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

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