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Bach.

brook, stream

4 characters1 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/bax/[baχ][b̥ɑx]Southern, also

  1. brook, stream

    feminine · masculine · obsolete · strong
    Der Fluss speist sich aus vielen Bächen.
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German bach m or f, from Old High German bah, from Proto-West Germanic *baki. Cognate with Dutch beek, English beach and beck. The Middle High German gender was chiefly masculine in Upper German, chiefly feminine in Central German. This is one of the rarer cases in which northern gender usage did not establish itself; perhaps because the masculine agrees with the semantically related Fluss and Strom.

name/bax/[baχ][b̥ɑx]Southern, also

  1. any of a great number of locations, including

    neuter · proper-noun

  2. any of a great number of locations, including a municipality of Tyrol, Austria

    neuter · proper-noun
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German bach m or f, from Old High German bah, from Proto-West Germanic *baki. Cognate with Dutch beek, English beach and beck. The Middle High German gender was chiefly masculine in Upper German, chiefly feminine in Central German. This is one of the rarer cases in which northern gender usage did not establish itself; perhaps because the masculine agrees with the semantically related Fluss and Strom.

name/bax/[baχ][b̥ɑx]Southern, also

  1. a topographic surname, notably borne by Johann Sebastian Bach (German composer)

    feminine · masculine · proper-noun · strong
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German bach m or f, from Old High German bah, from Proto-West Germanic *baki. Cognate with Dutch beek, English beach and beck. The Middle High German gender was chiefly masculine in Upper German, chiefly feminine in Central German. This is one of the rarer cases in which northern gender usage did not establish itself; perhaps because the masculine agrees with the semantically related Fluss and Strom.

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