Kober

== English == === Alternative forms === Cober === Etymology === Borrowed from German Kober. === Proper noun === Kober (plural Kobers) A surname from German. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Kober is the 11189th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2826 individuals. Kober is most common among White (94.23%) individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kober”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 326. === Anagrams === Borek, berko, borek, broke == Czech == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Kober. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈkobɛr] === Proper noun === Kober m anim (female equivalent Koberová) a male surname from German ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Kober”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech) == German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkoːbɐ/ === Etymology 1 === Middle High German kober, probably variant to the present Koben. ==== Noun ==== Kober m (strong, genitive Kobers, plural Kober) (regional) synonym of Tragekorb (“basket”) ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === Rotwelsch from Yiddish קבה (kove, “bed-chamber”), from Hebrew קֻבָּה (qubbā, “bed-chamber, vaulted tent”) as in Numbers 25:8, akin to Aramaic קוּבְּתָא / ܩܘܼܒ݁ܬ݂ܵܐ (qubbəṯā). ==== Noun ==== Kober m (strong, genitive Kobers, plural Kober, feminine Koberin) (slang) a room in a brothel used for prostitution mack, procurer of affairs between a sex worker and a customer Synonyms: Kuppler, Zuhälter (metonymic) john, customer of a prostitute Synonyms: Freier, Prostitutionskunde fetter Kober ― rich john nasser Kober ― sleazy fare (probably obsolete) the lover of a licentious woman, or fuckboy Synonyms: Freier, Liebhaber nasser Kober ― poor admirer ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== kobern === Further reading === “Kober” in Duden online “Kober”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German) “Kober” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon