Bach

From German Bach. The surname was brought to the Anglo-Saxon world by immigrants from Germany, Denmark, etc.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɑːx/, /bɑːk/

Bach

1. A surname​ of English-speakers.
2. (music) Johann Sebastian Bach, a German organist and composer.

• BACH motif
• Bach flower remedy
• Bach flower therapy

• BHCA

From German Bach, also as a Germanisation/Germanization of the Danish surname Bak (“hill”).

Bach

1. A surname​ of Danish-speakers.
2. (music) Bach

From Middle High German bach, from Old High German bah, from Proto-Germanic *bakiz. Cognate with English beach.

• IPA^(key): /baχ/

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Bach m (genitive Baches or Bachs, plural Bäche, diminutive Bächlein n or Bächelchen n)

1. brook, stream

Bach m (genitive Bachs)

1. A topographic surname​.
2. (music) Johann Sebastian Bach, a German organist and composer

Bach n (genitive Bachs)

1. A municipality in Tyrol, Austria.

• Bacher

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒxː]
• Hyphenation: Bach

Bach

1. (music) Johann Sebastian Bach, a German organist and composer

• bachi

From Middle Low German bach, from Old Saxon *bak, from Proto-Germanic *bakiz (“brook; beach”). Cognate with Dutch beek, German Bach, English beach, Swedish bäck.

Bach n (plural Bäakja)

1. stream, creek, brook

From truncation of personal names beginning with Ba- (e.g. Bartłomiej) +‎ -ch. Alternatively, from Proto-Slavic bachati ("to chatter") or bach (“impact sound”).

• IPA^(key): /bax/

Bach m pers or f

1. A masculine surname​.
2. A feminine surname​.

Masculine surname:

The feminine surname is indeclinable.

Bach m

1. A surname​.
2. (music) Bach (German composer)