Giebel
English edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Giebel (plural Giebels)
- A surname from German.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Giebel is the 28131st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 851 individuals. Giebel is most common among White (96.24%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Giebel”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 40.
Anagrams edit
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German gibel, from Old High German gibil, from Proto-Germanic *gabla- (“top of a pitched roof”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰobʰ-lo-, likely derived from the stem *ǵʰebʰ-l-.[1] Compare Gothic 𐌲𐌹𐌱𐌻𐌰 (gibla), Old Norse gafl.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Giebel m (strong, genitive Giebels, plural Giebel)
- gable
- 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, “Aus dem Lande der Ostseeritter”, in Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun., page 73:
- Die Hauptfassade war mit einem griechischen Giebel und dorischen Säulen geschmückt worden, […]
- The main facade had been decorated with a Greek gable and Doric columns, […]
Declension edit
Declension of Giebel [masculine, strong]
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ “gable”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
Further reading edit
- “Giebel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Giebel” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.