Gabe

See also: gabe, gabé, gäbe, gab-e, and -gabe

English

Etymology 1

See Gabriel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡeɪb/
• Rhymes: -eɪb

Proper noun

Gabe

1. A diminutive of the male given name Gabriel.

Etymology 2

Various origins:

• Borrowed from German Gabe, from a short form of several personal names beginning with the Proto-Germanic element *gabį̄ (“wealth, riches”).
• Borrowed from French Gabe, perhaps a nickname from Old French gabe (“joke”), from the verb gaber (“to tell jokes”).
• English surname, from a pet form of the personal name Gabriel, or alternatively a nickname from Middle English gabbe (“falsehood, deceit, lie”).

Proper noun

Gabe (plural Gabes)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Gabe is the 40856^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 534 individuals. Gabe is most common among White (76.22%) and Black/African American (10.11%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Gabe”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 1.

Anagrams

• Bega, EGBA, Egba, beag, bega

German

Alternative forms

• Gaabe (obsolete)

Etymology

From geben (“give”), also inherited from Middle High German gābe, from Old High German *gāba, from Proto-West Germanic *gābā, from Proto-Germanic *gēbǭ (“gift, giving”), from *gebaną whence English give.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡaːbə/

• Audio (Austria):

  (file)

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Ga‧be
• Homophone: Garbe (nonstandard)

Noun

Gabe f (genitive Gabe, plural Gaben)

1. gift, present, donation, alms
2. administration, dose (act of giving medication)

Declension

Declension of Gabe [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Gabe	die	Gaben
genitive	einer	der	Gabe	der	Gaben
dative	einer	der	Gabe	den	Gaben
accusative	eine	die	Gabe	die	Gaben

Derived terms

• Abgabe f
• Angabe f
• Aufgabe f
• Ausgabe f
• Eingabe f
• Maßgabe f
• Vorgabe f

 

Related terms

• Gabenbringer, Gabenspender, Gabenfresser
• geben (“give”)

Further reading

• “Gabe” in Duden online
• “Gabe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache