Taube

== German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtaʊ̯.bə/, [ˈtʰaʊ̯.bə] Hyphenation: Tau‧be Rhymes: -aʊ̯bə === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Middle High German tūbe, from Old High German tūba, from Proto-West Germanic *dūbā. Cognate with German Low German Duuv, Dutch duif, English dove, Danish due, Norwegian Bokmål due, Norwegian Nynorsk due, Swedish duva, Alemannic German Tuub, and Yiddish טויב (toyb). ==== Noun ==== Taube f (genitive Taube, plural Tauben, diminutive Täubchen n or Täublein n) pigeon, dove (male or female bird of the Columba genus) (astronomy) Columba (constellation) ===== Declension ===== ===== Hyponyms ===== (male): Taubenhahn, Taubenmännchen, Tauber, Täuber, Tauberich, Täuberich (männliche Taube) (female): Taubenhenne, Taubenweibchen, Täubin (weibliche Taube) (offspring): Taubenbaby, Taubenküken, junge Taube, Jungtaube (diminutive): Täubchen, Täublein ===== Derived terms ===== === 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) female equivalent of Tauber: deaf woman or girl ===== Declension ===== ==== Noun ==== Taube m inflection of Tauber: strong nominative/accusative plural 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) a surname ===== Declension ===== === Further reading === “Taube” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache