Giebel
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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: 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.
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