Bach
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From German Bach. The surname was brought to the Anglo-Saxon world by immigrants from other Germanic countries. Doublet of Beach.
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɑːx/, /bɑːk/
- Rhymes: -ɑːx, -ɑːk
Proper nounEdit
Bach
- A surname from German of English-speakers.
- (music) Johann Sebastian Bach, a German organist and composer.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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Etymology 2Edit
Borrowed from Vietnamese Bạch. Doublet of Bai.
Proper nounEdit
Bach
- A surname from Vietnamese.
StatisticsEdit
- 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.
AnagramsEdit
DanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From German Bach, also as a Germanisation/Germanization of the Danish surname Bak (“hill”).
Proper nounEdit
Bach
GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle High German bach, from Old High German bah, from Proto-West Germanic *baki. Cognate with English beach and beck.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
Bach m (strong, genitive Baches or Bachs, plural Bäche, diminutive Bächlein n or Bächelchen n)
DeclensionEdit
Proper nounEdit
Bach m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Bachs or (with an article) Bach, feminine genitive Bach, plural Bachs)
Proper nounEdit
Bach n (proper noun, genitive Bachs or (optionally with an article) Bach)
- A municipality of Tyrol, Austria
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “Bach” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Bach, Wasserlauf” in Duden online
- “Bach, Komponist” in Duden online
HungarianEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Bach
- (music) Johann Sebastian Bach, a German organist and composer
DeclensionEdit
| 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 |
Derived termsEdit
PlautdietschEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
Bach n (plural Bäakja)
PolishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Proper nounEdit
Bach m pers or f
DeclensionEdit
Masculine surname:
The feminine surname is indeclinable.
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Proper nounEdit
Bach m