Ebbe

See also: ebbe

Danish

Etymology

Shortened from Esbjørn (from Old Norse Ásbjǫrn) and Enbjørn (from Old Norse Arnbjørn).

Proper noun

Ebbe

1. a male given name

Related terms

• Ebba

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German

Etymology

16th century, from Middle Low German ebbe, from Old Saxon *ebbia, from Proto-West Germanic *abbjā, from Proto-Germanic *abjǭ. Cognate to Dutch eb, English ebb.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛbə/

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Noun

Ebbe f (genitive Ebbe, plural Ebben)

1. ebb, low tide

   Antonym: Flut

   Hypernyms: Tide, Gezeiten

Declension

Declension of Ebbe [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Ebbe	die	Ebben
genitive	einer	der	Ebbe	der	Ebben
dative	einer	der	Ebbe	den	Ebben
accusative	eine	die	Ebbe	die	Ebben

Derived terms

• ebben

Further reading

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

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Swedish

Etymology

Danish, shortened from Esbjørn (from Old Norse Ásbjǫrn) and Enbjørn (from Old Norse Arnbjørn).

Proper noun

Ebbe c (genitive Ebbes)

1. a male given name of Danish origin

Related terms

• Ebba