Bach
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom German Bach. The surname was brought to the Anglo-Saxon world by immigrants from other Germanic countries. Doublet of Beach.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɑːx/, /bɑːk/
- Rhymes: -ɑːx, -ɑːk
Proper noun
editBach
Derived terms
editTranslations
edit
|
Etymology 2
editBorrowed from Vietnamese Bạch. Doublet of Bai.
Proper noun
editBach
- A surname from Vietnamese.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Bach is the 2,986th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 11,999 individuals. Bach is most common among White (84.82%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (10.70%) individuals.
Anagrams
editDanish
editEtymology
editFrom German Bach, also as a Germanisation/Germanization of the Danish surname Bak (“hill”).
Proper noun
editBach
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German bach, from Old High German bah, from Proto-West Germanic *baki. Cognate with English beach and beck.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editBach m (strong, genitive Baches or Bachs, plural Bäche, diminutive Bächlein n or Bächelchen n)
Declension
editProper noun
editBach m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Bachs or (with an article) Bach, feminine genitive Bach, plural Bachs)
Related terms
edit- Bacher, Bachmann, Bachmüller, Achenbach, Auerbach, Breitbach, Burbach, Ebersbach
- Heisterbach, Lauterbach, Lehrbach, Limbach, Merkelbach, Reichenbach, Rohrbach, Roßbach, Schönbach, Seebach
Proper noun
editBach n (proper noun, genitive Bachs or (optionally with an article) Bach)
- A municipality of Tyrol, Austria
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “Bach” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Bach, Wasserlauf” in Duden online
- “Bach, Komponist” in Duden online
Hungarian
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editBach
- (music) Johann Sebastian Bach, a German organist and composer
Declension
editInflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
---|---|---|
singular | plural | |
nominative | Bach | Bachok |
accusative | Bachot | Bachokat |
dative | Bachnak | Bachoknak |
instrumental | Bachhal | Bachokkal |
causal-final | Bachért | Bachokért |
translative | Bachhá | Bachokká |
terminative | Bachig | Bachokig |
essive-formal | Bachként | Bachokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Bachban | Bachokban |
superessive | Bachon | Bachokon |
adessive | Bachnál | Bachoknál |
illative | Bachba | Bachokba |
sublative | Bachra | Bachokra |
allative | Bachhoz | Bachokhoz |
elative | Bachból | Bachokból |
delative | Bachról | Bachokról |
ablative | Bachtól | Bachoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Baché | Bachoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Bachéi | Bachokéi |
Possessive forms of Bach | ||
---|---|---|
possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Bachom | Bachjaim |
2nd person sing. | Bachod | Bachjaid |
3rd person sing. | Bachja | Bachjai |
1st person plural | Bachunk | Bachjaink |
2nd person plural | Bachotok | Bachjaitok |
3rd person plural | Bachjuk | Bachjaik |
Derived terms
editPlautdietsch
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Low German bach, from Old Saxon *bak, from Proto-West Germanic *baki (“brook; beach”).
Cognate with Dutch beek, German Bach, English beach, Swedish bäck.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editBach n (plural Bäakja)
Polish
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editBach m pers
- a male surname
Declension
editProper noun
editBach f (indeclinable)
- a female surname
Further reading
edit- “Bach”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022
Portuguese
editEtymology
editProper noun
editBach m
- English terms borrowed from German
- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰeg- (bend)
- English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- English terms derived from German
- English doublets
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɑːx
- Rhymes:English/ɑːx/1 syllable
- Rhymes:English/ɑːk
- Rhymes:English/ɑːk/1 syllable
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from German
- en:Music
- English terms borrowed from Vietnamese
- English terms derived from Vietnamese
- English surnames from Vietnamese
- en:Individuals
- Danish terms derived from German
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- Danish terms spelled with C
- Danish surnames
- da:Music
- German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- German terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- German terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰeg- (bend)
- German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- German terms inherited from Middle High German
- German terms derived from Middle High German
- German terms inherited from Old High German
- German terms derived from Old High German
- German 1-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:German/ax
- Rhymes:German/ax/1 syllable
- German lemmas
- German nouns
- German masculine nouns
- German proper nouns
- German feminine nouns
- German nouns with multiple genders
- German surnames
- de:Music
- German neuter nouns
- de:Municipalities of Tyrol
- de:Places in Tyrol
- de:Places in Austria
- de:Bodies of water
- de:Landforms
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Hungarian/ɒxː
- Rhymes:Hungarian/ɒxː/1 syllable
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian proper nouns
- hu:Music
- Hungarian three-letter words
- Plautdietsch terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Plautdietsch terms inherited from Middle Low German
- Plautdietsch terms derived from Middle Low German
- Plautdietsch terms inherited from Old Saxon
- Plautdietsch terms derived from Old Saxon
- Plautdietsch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Plautdietsch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Plautdietsch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Plautdietsch lemmas
- Plautdietsch nouns
- Plautdietsch neuter nouns
- Plautdietsch 1-syllable words
- pdt:Landforms
- pdt:Water
- Polish 1-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/ax
- Rhymes:Polish/ax/1 syllable
- Polish lemmas
- Polish proper nouns
- Polish masculine nouns
- Polish personal nouns
- Polish surnames
- Polish male surnames
- Polish indeclinable nouns
- Polish feminine nouns
- Polish female surnames
- Portuguese terms derived from German
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese proper nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Portuguese surnames
- Portuguese surnames from German
- pt:Music