Bache

See also: bache, bâche, bâché, and Bäche

English

Etymology

• As an English and German surname, spelling variant of Bach.
• As a German and French surname, from a pet form of Bartholomaeus.
• Americanized from the Norwegian and Danish surname Bakke.

Proper noun

Bache

1. A surname.
2. A suburb of Chester, Cheshire West and Chester borough, Cheshire, England (OS grid ref SJ4068).

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bache”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 79.

Anagrams

• Beach, beach

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaxə/, [ˈba.χə]

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• Rhymes: -aχə

Etymology 1

From Late Middle High German bache f (“fattened sow, female porker”), by gender change from the word in etymology 2 below; see Bachen. The sense developed from “bacon” via “slaughtered pig” to “porker”. The modern use is from hunters’ jargon.

Noun

Bache f (genitive Bache, plural Bachen, masculine Keiler or Bacher or Wildeber)

1. A wild sow, female wild boar

   Synonym: Wildsau

   • 2017, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Mitsch, “Tiere und Strafrecht”, in Juristische Ausbildung, number 12, →DOI, page 1397:

     Auf nächtlicher Fahrt durch den Berliner Grunewald galoppiert dem Pkw-Fahrer F plötzlich eine Wildsau vor die Stoßstange. F kann den Zusammenstoß nicht vermeiden. Das Auto ist im Frontbereich zerbeult, die Bache ist tot.

     On a nightly ride through the Grunewald in Berlin suddenly a wild sow galopps right up to bumper of the car driver F. F cannot prevent the crash. The car is battered in the front-end, the sow is dead.

Declension

Declension of Bache [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Bache	die	Bachen
genitive	einer	der	Bache	der	Bachen
dative	einer	der	Bache	den	Bachen
accusative	eine	die	Bache	die	Bachen

See also

• Wildschwein

Etymology 2

See the main lemma.

Noun

Bache m (weak, genitive Bachens or Bachen, plural Bachen)

1. Alternative form of Bachen (chiefly dialectal term for “bacon”)

Declension

Declension of Bache [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Bache	die	Bachen
genitive	eines	des	Bachens, Bachen	der	Bachen
dative	einem	dem	Bachen	den	Bachen
accusative	einen	den	Bachen	die	Bachen

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

Bache

1. (archaic) dative singular of Bach

References

• “Bache” in Duden online
• “Bache” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Bache”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
• “Bache” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache