Bache

== English == === Etymology === As an English and German surname, spelling variant of Bach. As a German and French surname, from a pet form of Bartholomaeus. Americanized from the Norwegian and Danish surname Bakke. === Proper noun === Bache A surname. A suburb of Chester, Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4068). === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bache”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 79. === Anagrams === Beach, beach == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbaxə/, [ˈba.χə] Rhymes: -aχə === Etymology 1 === From Late Middle High German bache f (“fattened sow, female porker”), by gender change from the word in etymology 2 below; see Bachen. The sense developed from “bacon” via “slaughtered pig” to “porker”. The modern use is from hunters’ jargon. ==== Noun ==== Bache f (genitive Bache, plural Bachen, masculine Keiler or Bacher or Wildeber) A wild sow, female wild boar Synonym: Wildsau ===== Declension ===== ===== See also ===== Wildschwein === Etymology 2 === See the main lemma. ==== Noun ==== Bache m (weak, genitive Bachens or Bachen, plural Bachen) alternative form of Bachen (chiefly dialectal term for “bacon”) ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 3 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Noun ==== Bache (archaic) dative singular of Bach === References === “Bache” in Duden online “Bache” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Bache”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN “Bache” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache