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Bach
Bach
English
Proper noun
Bach
Translations
German composer
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Derived terms
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology
From German Bach, also as a Germanisation/Germanization of the Danish surname Bak (“hill”).
Proper noun
Bach
German
Etymology
From Middle High German bach, from Old High German bah, from Proto-Germanic *bakiz. Cognate with English beach.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [baχ]
Noun
Bach m (genitive Bachs or Baches, plural Bäche, diminutive Bächlein n or Bächelchen n)
Declension
Declension of Bach
Proper noun
Bach m (genitive Bachs)
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈbɒxː]
- Hyphenation: Bach
Proper noun
Bach
- (music) Johann Sebastian Bach, a German organist and composer
Declension
| Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | Bach | Bachok |
| accusative | Bachot | Bachokat |
| dative | Bachnak | Bachoknak |
| instrumental | Bachhal | Bachokkal |
| causal-final | Bachért | Bachokért |
| translative | Bachhá | Bachokká |
| terminative | Bachig | Bachokig |
| essive-formal | Bachként | Bachokként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | Bachban | Bachokban |
| superessive | Bachon | Bachokon |
| adessive | Bachnál | Bachoknál |
| illative | Bachba | Bachokba |
| sublative | Bachra | Bachokra |
| allative | Bachhoz | Bachokhoz |
| elative | Bachból | Bachokból |
| delative | Bachról | Bachokról |
| ablative | Bachtól | Bachoktól |
| Possessive forms of Bach | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | Bachom | Bachjaim |
| 2nd person sing. | Bachod | Bachjaid |
| 3rd person sing. | Bachja | Bachjai |
| 1st person plural | Bachunk | Bachjaink |
| 2nd person plural | Bachotok | Bachjaitok |
| 3rd person plural | Bachjuk | Bachjaik |
Derived terms
bach
bach
English
Noun
bach (plural baches)
- (New Zealand, northern) A holiday home, usually small and near the beach, often with only one or two rooms and of simple construction.
Synonyms
- crib (New Zealand)
Translations
small house
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Verb
bach (third-person singular simple present baches, present participle baching, simple past and past participle bached)
- (US) To live apart from women, as during the period when a divorce is in progress (compare bachelor pad).
Anagrams
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɑːχ/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Brythonic *bɨx, from Proto-Celtic *bikkos.
Adjective
bach (feminine singular bach, plural bach, equative bached, comparative llai, superlative lleiaf)
- small, little, short
- Na, rwy'n mynd ar y trên bach. ― No, I'm taking the little train.[1]
- not fully-grown or developed, young
- insignificant, unimportant, humble
- small (of business, etc.)
- lowercase (of letter)
Synonyms
Etymology 2
From Old Welsh bach, from Proto-Celtic *bekkos, from Proto-Indo-European *bak-.
Noun
bach m, f (plural bachau)
Derived terms
- bach cyrliog
- bach petryal
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| bach | fach | mach | unchanged |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||
References
- “bach” in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru.