Zabel

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Zabel. === Proper noun === Zabel (plural Zabels) A surname from German. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Zabel is the 8808th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3717 individuals. Zabel is most common among White (96.29%) individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Zabel”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN. === Anagrams === Blaze, Elbaz, blaze == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German zabel, from Old High German zabal (“board, playing-board, dice game”), from Latin tabula (“board”). Compare Old English tæfl (“playing-board; board game”) and Icelandic tafl. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈt͡saːbl̩] Hyphenation: Za‧bel === Noun === Zabel m (strong, genitive Zabels, plural Zabel) (archaic, obsolete) chessboard, playing-board ==== Declension ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== Schachzabel Wurfzabel ==== Related terms ==== Zabelbrett Zabelspieler === Proper noun === Zabel m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Zabels or (with an article) Zabel, feminine genitive Zabel, plural Zabels or Zabel) a surname === References === Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch von Benecke, Müller, Zarncke, digitalisierte Fassung im Wörterbuchnetz des Trier Center for Digital Humanities, Version 01/25 Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “zabal”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch‎[1] (in German), 6th edition === Further reading === “Zabel” in Duden online == Slovene == === Proper noun === Zabel m anim a surname