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Zabel
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See also: zabel
English
Etymology
Proper noun
Zabel (plural Zabels)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Zabel is the 8808th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3717 individuals. Zabel is most common among White (96.29%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Zabel”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
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German
Etymology
From Middle High German zabel, from Old High German zabal (“board, playing-board, dice game”), from Latin tabula (“board”). Compare Old English tæfl (“playing-board; board game”) and Icelandic tafl.
Pronunciation
Noun
Zabel m (strong, genitive Zabels, plural Zabel)
- (obsolete) chessboard, playing-board
Declension
Declension of Zabel [masculine, strong]
Proper noun
Zabel m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Zabels or (with an article) Zabel, feminine genitive Zabel, plural Zabels or Zabel)
- a surname
References
- Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch von Benecke, Müller, Zarncke, digitalisierte Fassung im Wörterbuchnetz des Trier Center for Digital Humanities, Version 01/25
- Köbler, Gerhard (2014), “zabal”, in Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch (in German), 6th edition
Further reading
- “Zabel” in Duden online
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Slovene
Proper noun
Zabel m anim
- a surname
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