See also: bach, bách, bạch, Bạch, and bac̱h

English

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Etymology 1

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    From German Bach. The surname was brought to the Anglo-Saxon world by immigrants from other Germanic countries. Doublet of Beach.

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    Bach

    1. A surname from German.
    2. (music) Johann Sebastian Bach, a German organist and composer.
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    Borrowed from Vietnamese Bạch. Doublet of Bai.

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    Bach

    1. A surname from Vietnamese.

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    • 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.

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    Danish

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    From German Bach, also as a Germanisation/Germanization of the Danish surname Bak (hill).

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    Bach

    1. a surname of Danish-speakers
    2. (music) Bach

    German

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    Etymology

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      From Middle High German bach, from Old High German bah, from Proto-West Germanic *baki. Cognate with English beach and beck.

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      • IPA(key): /baχ/
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      • Rhymes: -ax

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      Bach m (strong, genitive Baches or Bachs, plural Bäche, diminutive Bächlein n or Bächelchen n)

      1. brook, stream

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      Bach m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Bachs or (with an article) Bach, feminine genitive Bach, plural Bachs)

      1. a topographic surname
      2. (music) Johann Sebastian Bach, a German organist and composer
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      Bach n (proper noun, genitive Bachs or (optionally with an article) Bach)

      1. A municipality of Tyrol, Austria

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      Hungarian

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      Bach

      1. (music) Johann Sebastian Bach, a German organist and composer

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      Inflection (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

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      From 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.

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      Bach n (plural Bäakja)

      1. stream, creek, brook

      Polish

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      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /bax/
      • Rhymes: -ax
      • Syllabification: Bach

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      Bach m pers

      1. a male surname

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      Bach f (indeclinable)

      1. a female surname

      Further reading

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      • Bach”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022

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      From German Bach.

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      Bach m

      1. a surname from German
      2. (music) Bach (German composer)