Nabe

See also: nabe and nabʼe

German

Etymology

From Middle High German nabe, from Old High German naba, from Proto-West Germanic *nabu, from Proto-Germanic *nabō (“nave”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nebʰ- (“nave, hub”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaːbə/
• Homophone: Narbe (some speakers)

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Noun

Nabe f (genitive Nabe, plural Naben)

1. hub

Declension

Declension of Nabe [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Nabe	die	Naben
genitive	einer	der	Nabe	der	Naben
dative	einer	der	Nabe	den	Naben
accusative	eine	die	Nabe	die	Naben

Derived terms

• Radnabe

Further reading

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