Tabak

See also: tabak and tabák

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish טאַבאַק (tabak).

Proper noun

Tabak (plural Tabaks)

1. A surname from Yiddish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Tabak is the 25381^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 975 individuals. Tabak is most common among White (95.79%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Tabak”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Batak, Kabat

German

Alternative forms

• Tobak (archaic)
• Taback, Toback, Tuback, Tubak (obsolete)

Etymology

16th century, from Spanish tabaco, in part through French tabac.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtabak/

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• IPA^(key): /taˈbak/ (chiefly Austria)
• IPA^(key): /ˈtaːbak/ (rare)
• Rhymes: -abak, -ak

Noun

Tabak m (strong, genitive Tabaks, plural Tabake)

1. tobacco

Declension

Declension of Tabak [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Tabak	die	Tabake
genitive	eines	des	Tabaks	der	Tabake
dative	einem	dem	Tabak	den	Tabaken
accusative	einen	den	Tabak	die	Tabake

Further reading

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