Staub

Staub

See also: štaub

English

Etymology

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German Staubbor.
English Staub

    Borrowed from German Staub.

    Proper noun

    Staub (plural Staubs)

    1. A surname from German.

    Statistics

    • According to the 2010 United States Census, Staub is the 6739th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5004 individuals. Staub is most common among White (96.42%) individuals.

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    German

    Etymology

    From Middle High German and Old High German stoup, from Proto-West Germanic *stubbju, from Proto-Germanic *stubjuz (compare also Gestüpp).

    Cognate with Danish støv, Norwegian Bokmål støv, Norwegian Nynorsk støv, Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌿𐌱𐌾𐌿𐍃 (stubjus).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ʃtaʊ̯p/
    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
    • Rhymes: -aʊ̯p
    • Hyphenation: Staub

    Noun

    Staub m (strong, genitive Staubes or Staubs, plural Stäube or Staube, diminutive Stäubchen n or Stäublein n)

    1. dust
      Hypernyms: Pulver, Schmutz
      Hyponyms: Blütenstaub, Eisenstaub, Feinstaub, Grobstaub, Hausstaub, Mehlstaub, Rasierstaub

    Declension

    Declension of Staub [masculine, strong]
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative ein der Staub die Stäube, Staube
    genitive eines des Staubes, Staubs der Stäube, Staube
    dative einem dem Staub, Staube1 den Stäuben, Stauben
    accusative einen den Staub die Stäube, Staube

    1Now rare, see notes.

    Derived terms

    Adjectives derived from Staub
    Nouns derived from Staub
    Verbs derived from Staub

    Further reading

    • “Staub”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)
    • “Staub” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
    • “Staub” in Duden online
    • Staub on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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