Rubin

See also: rubin, rubín, rúbín, and rub in

English

Proper noun

Rubin

1. A male given name from Hebrew, of rather rare usage, variant of Reuben.
2. A surname transferred from the given name.

See also

• Ruben
• Reuben

Anagrams

• Bruin, Bruni, Burin, bruin, burin

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rubīnus, from ruber (“red”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁuˈbiːn/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Ru‧bin

Noun

Rubin m (strong, genitive Rubines or Rubins, plural Rubine)

1. ruby (gem)

Declension

Declension of Rubin [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Rubin	die	Rubine
genitive	eines	des	Rubines, Rubins	der	Rubine
dative	einem	dem	Rubin, Rubine1	den	Rubinen
accusative	einen	den	Rubin	die	Rubine

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• rubinrot

Further reading

• “Rubin” in Duden online
• “Rubin” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache