Bache
English edit
Etymology edit
- As an English and German surname, spelling variant of Bach.
- As a German and French surname, from a pet form of Bartholomaeus.
- Americanized from the Norwegian and Danish surname Bakke.
Proper noun edit
Bache
- A surname.
- A suburb of Chester, Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4068).
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bache”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 79.
Anagrams edit
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle High German bache, from Old High German bahha, which is derived from the masculine (etymology 2 below). Cognate with English back.
Noun edit
Bache f (genitive Bache, plural Bachen, masculine Keiler or Bacher)
- A wild sow, female wild boar
- 2017, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Mitsch, “Tiere und Strafrecht”, in Juristische Ausbildung, number 12, , page 1397:
- Auf nächtlicher Fahrt durch den Berliner Grunewald galoppiert dem Pkw-Fahrer F plötzlich eine Wildsau vor die Stoßstange. F kann den Zusammenstoß nicht vermeiden. Das Auto ist im Frontbereich zerbeult, die Bache ist tot.
- On a nightly ride through the Grunewald in Berlin suddenly a wild sow galopps right up to bumper of the car driver F. F cannot prevent the crash. The car is battered in the front-end, the sow is dead.
Declension edit
Declension of Bache [feminine]
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle High German bache, from Old High German bahho, strong-declension variant of Old High German bah, from Proto-West Germanic *bak.
Noun edit
Bache m (weak, genitive Bachen, plural Bachen)
Declension edit
Declension of Bache [masculine, weak]
References edit
- “Bache” in Duden online
- “Bache” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Bache”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
- “Bache” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache