Garbe

See also: garbe, garbé, garbė, and garbë

English

Etymology

• As a German surname, variant of Garb, which is converged from words such as gerben (“to tan”) and Ger (“spear”). Compare the surnames Gerber, Gerhardt.
• As a French surname, from Old French gerba (“wheatsheaf”) (see modern verb gerber (“to sheave”)).

Proper noun

Garbe (plural Garbes)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Garbe is the 22131^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1168 individuals. Garbe is most common among White (95.55%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Garbe”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 14.

Anagrams

• Gaber, barge, Barge, Berga, begar, rebag, Aberg, Brega

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡarbə/, [ˈɡaʁbə], [ˈɡaɐ̯bə], [ˈɡaːbə]

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• Homophone: Gabe (some speakers)

Etymology 1

From Middle High German garbe, from Old High German garba, from Proto-West Germanic *garbā (“sheaf”).

Noun

Garbe f (genitive Garbe, plural Garben)

1. sheaf

   Synonym: (chiefly dialectal) Schaub

2. (heraldry) garb

Declension

Declension of Garbe [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Garbe	die	Garben
genitive	einer	der	Garbe	der	Garben
dative	einer	der	Garbe	den	Garben
accusative	eine	die	Garbe	die	Garben

Etymology 2

From Middle High German garwe, from Old High German garwa, from Proto-West Germanic *garwu, perhaps a variant of *garu (“prepared, ready (of food”)), as the plant was used medicinally for digestion.

Noun

Garbe f (genitive Garbe, plural Garben)

2. (obsolete as a simplex) yarrow

Declension

Declension of Garbe [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Garbe	die	Garben
genitive	einer	der	Garbe	der	Garben
dative	einer	der	Garbe	den	Garben
accusative	eine	die	Garbe	die	Garben

Derived terms

• Schafgarbe (“yarrow”)

Further reading

• “Garbe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Garbe” in Duden online