Biber

See also: biber and bīber

German

Etymology

From Middle High German biber, Old High German bibar, bibur, from Proto-West Germanic *bebru, from Proto-Germanic *bebruz (“beaver”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiːbɐ/

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Noun

Biber m (strong, genitive Bibers, plural Biber)

1. beaver

Declension

Declension of Biber [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Biber	die	Biber
genitive	eines	des	Bibers	der	Biber
dative	einem	dem	Biber	den	Bibern
accusative	einen	den	Biber	die	Biber

Derived terms

• Bieber

Proper noun

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

1. a surname transferred from the nickname, variant of Bieber

Declension

Declension of Biber [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Biber	(eine)	(die)	Biber	(die)	Bibers, Biber
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Bibers, Biber1	(einer)	(der)	Biber	(der)	Bibers, Biber
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Biber	(einer)	(der)	Biber	(den)	Bibers, Biber
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Biber	(eine)	(die)	Biber	(die)	Bibers, Biber

¹With an article.

Further reading

• “Biber” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Biber” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Biber” in Duden online

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Biber. The native form is obsolete Biw(w)er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiːber/, [ˈbiː.bɐ]

Noun

Biber m (plural Biber)

1. beaver