Kabel

See also: kabel, kaabel, and kábel

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kabel, metonymic occupational surname for a rope maker.

Proper noun

Kabel (plural Kabels)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kabel is the 34223^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 663 individuals. Kabel is most common among White (96.23%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kabel”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 263.

Anagrams

• Balke, Blake, Kaleb, blake, bleak

Dutch

Etymology

Attested as Kabel (De) in 1899. Derived from a dialectal form of kavel (“lot, parcel”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Ka‧bel

Proper noun

Kabel n

1. A hamlet in Dijk en Waard, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.

References

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “kabel”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German

Etymology

From Middle High German kabel, which is borrowed via Middle Low German from Middle Dutch cabel (“thick rope”), itself from northern French câble. The contemporary sense is from English cable, which see for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaːbəl/, [ˈkaːbəl], [ˈkaːbl̩]

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Ka‧bel

Noun

Kabel n (strong, genitive Kabels, plural Kabel, diminutive Käbelchen n)

1. cable (electronic wire)

   Synonym: (colloquial) Schnur

2. (archaic) telegram

   Synonym: Telegramm

3. (nautical, not general) thick rope

   Synonym: Tau

Declension

Declension of Kabel [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Kabel	die	Kabel
genitive	eines	des	Kabels	der	Kabel
dative	einem	dem	Kabel	den	Kabeln
accusative	ein	das	Kabel	die	Kabel

Derived terms

• kabellos
• Antennenkabel, Breitbandkabel, Netzkabel, Netzwerkkabel, Stromkabel, Starthilfekabel, Überbrückungskabel, Verlängerungskabel
• Kabelsalat, Kabeltrommel, Kabelträger

Descendants

• → Czech: kabel
• → Hungarian: kábel
• → Norwegian Bokmål: kabel
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: kabel
• → Polish: kabel
• → Russian: кабель (kabelʹ)
  • → Abkhaz: а-кабель (a-kʼabelʲ)
  • → Armenian: կաբել (kabel)
  • → Georgian: კაბელი (ḳabeli)
  • → Azerbaijani: kabel
  • → Ossetian: кабель (kabelʹ)
  • → Uyghur: كابىل (kabil)
  • → Uzbek: kabel
• → Serbo-Croatian: kabel
• → Ukrainian: кабель (kabelʹ)