Ruben

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See also: Rubén, Rúben, Rubèn, and Rüben

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Hebrew רְאוּבֵן (r'uvén).

Proper noun

Ruben (plural Rubens)

  1. A male given name from Hebrew, variant of Reuben.
  2. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From Hebrew רְאוּבֵן (r'uvén).

Proper noun

Ruben

  1. Reuben (biblical character).
  2. a male given name from Hebrew

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew רְאוּבֵן (r'uvén).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈry.bən/
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  • Hyphenation: Ru‧ben

Proper noun

Ruben m

  1. Reuben (Biblical/mythical character; Biblical tribe).
  2. a male given name from Hebrew

Faroese

Proper noun

Ruben m

  1. a male given name

Usage notes

Patronymics

  • son of Ruben: Rubensson
  • daughter of Ruben: Rubensdóttir

Declension

Singular
Indefinite
Nominative Ruben
Accusative Ruben
Dative Rubeni
Genitive Rubens

French

Etymology

From Hebrew רְאוּבֵן (r'uvén).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Ruben m

  1. Reuben (biblical character)
  2. a male given name from Hebrew

Anagrams

German

Etymology

From Hebrew רְאוּבֵן (r'uvén).

Proper noun

Ruben

  1. Reuben (biblical character).
  2. a male given name from Hebrew

Italian

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Etymology

From Hebrew רְאוּבֵן (r'uvén).

Proper noun

Ruben m

  1. (biblical) Reuben
  2. a male given name

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew רְאוּבֵן (R'uvén)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Rūbēn m sg (genitive Rūbēnis); third declension

  1. a male given name from Hebrew, notably borne by the eldest of the twelve sons of Iacōbus

Declension

Third-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Rūbēn
Genitive Rūbēnis
Dative Rūbēnī
Accusative Rūbēnem
Ablative Rūbēne
Vocative Rūbēn

Norwegian

Etymology

From Hebrew רְאוּבֵן (r'uvén).

Proper noun

Ruben

  1. Reuben (biblical character).
  2. a male given name from Hebrew

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rǔben/
  • Hyphenation: Ru‧ben

Proper noun

Rùben m (Cyrillic spelling Ру̀бен)

  1. Reuben (biblical character).
  2. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Ruben
singular
nominative Ruben
genitive Rubena
dative Rubenu
accusative Rubena
vocative Rubene
locative Rubenu
instrumental Rubenom

Swedish

Etymology

From Hebrew רְאוּבֵן (r'uvén).

Proper noun

Ruben c (genitive Rubens)

  1. Reuben (biblical character).
  2. a male given name from Hebrew

Anagrams

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