Taube

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See also: taube and tàu bè

German

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eine Taube (Türkentaube / collared dove)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaʊ̯.bə/,
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  • Hyphenation: Tau‧be

Etymology 1

From Middle High German tūbe, from Old High German tūba, from Proto-West Germanic *dūbā. Compare German Low German Duuv, Dutch duif, English dove, Danish due, Swedish duva, Alemannic German Tuub, Yiddish טויב (toyb).

Noun

Taube f (genitive Taube, plural Tauben, diminutive Täubchen n or Täublein n)

  2. (male or female) a bird of the Columba genus: a dove or pigeon
  3. (astronomy) the constellation Columba
Declension
Declension of Taube
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Taube die Tauben
genitive einer der Taube der Tauben
dative einer der Taube den Tauben
accusative eine die Taube die Tauben
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Etymology 2

Substantivization of taub (“deaf”).

Noun

Taube f (adjectival, definite nominative die Taube, genitive Tauber, definite genitive der Tauben, plural Taube, definite plural die Tauben, masculine Tauber)

  1. female equivalent of Tauber: deaf woman or girl
Declension
Declension of Taube
singular plural
feminine gender strong declension
nominative Taube Taube
genitive Tauber Tauber
dative Tauber Tauben
accusative Taube Taube
weak declension
nominative die Taube die Tauben
genitive der Tauben der Tauben
dative der Tauben den Tauben
accusative die Taube die Tauben
mixed declension
nominative eine Taube (keine) Tauben
genitive einer Tauben (keiner) Tauben
dative einer Tauben (keinen) Tauben
accusative eine Taube (keine) Tauben

Noun

Taube m

  1. inflection of Tauber:
    1. strong nominative/accusative plural
    2. weak nominative singular

Etymology 3

From sense 1 (“dove”).

Proper noun

Taube m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Taubes or (with an article) Taube, feminine genitive Taube, plural Taubes or Taube)

  1. a surname
Declension
Declension of Taube
singular plural
masculine feminine
indef. def. noun indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative (ein) (der) Taube (eine) (die) Taube (die) Taubes, Taube
genitive (eines) (des) Taubes, Taube1 (einer) (der) Taube (der) Taubes, Taube
dative (einem) (dem) Taube (einer) (der) Taube (den) Taubes, Taube
accusative (einen) (den) Taube (eine) (die) Taube (die) Taubes, Taube

1With an article.

Further reading

  • “Taube” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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