Tauber

See also: tauber and Täuber

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaʊ̯.bər/, [ˈtʰaʊ̯.bɐ]

Etymology 1

Variant of Taube.

Noun

Tauber m (genitive Taubers, plural Tauber, female Täubin)

  1. A male pigeon or dove, a cock pigeon or dove.
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Etymology 2

From a Celtic (likely Gaulish) word meaning ‘water’. Compare Dover, Welsh dwfr, dŵr, Breton dour and Old Irish dobur (water, river).

Proper noun

Tauber f (genitive Tauber)

  1. A river in Franconia, Germany.

Etymology 3

Substantivization of taub.

Noun

Tauber m (genitive Tauben, plural Taube, female Taube)

  1. A deaf man or boy.
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