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Hub

See also: hub

English edit

Proper noun edit

the Hub

  1. (informal) Nickname for Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

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Dutch edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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Hub n

  1. A hamlet in Peel en Maas, Limburg, Netherlands.

East Central German edit

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Hub m

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) a diminutive of the male given name Hubert

Further reading edit

  • 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 63:

German edit

Etymology 1 edit

From the verb heben.

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Noun edit

Hub m (strong, genitive Hubes or Hubs, plural Hübe)

  1. lift, lifting
    Synonym: Heben
  2. (jargon) distance traveled by a piston within an engine
Declension edit
Declension of Hub [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Hub die Hübe
genitive eines des Hubes, Hubs der Hübe
dative einem dem Hub, Hube1 den Hüben
accusative einen den Hub die Hübe

1Now rare, see notes.

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Etymology 2 edit

Unadapted borrowing from English hub.

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Noun edit

Hub m or n (strong, genitive Hubs, plural Hubs)

  1. (computing, transport) hub
Declension edit
Declension of Hub [masculine // neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der, das Hub die Hubs
genitive eines des Hubs der Hubs
dative einem dem Hub den Hubs
accusative einen, ein den, das Hub die Hubs

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