Ruben

See also: Rubén, Rúben, Rubèn, and Rüben

English

Alternative forms

• Rubin
• Reuben

Etymology

From Hebrew רְאוּבֵן (r'uvén).

Proper noun

Ruben

1. A male given name from Hebrew, variant of Reuben.
2. A surname originating as a patronymic.

Anagrams

• Bruen, Brune, Buren, burne

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Danish

Etymology

From Hebrew רְאוּבֵן (r'uvén).

Proper noun

Ruben

1. Reuben (biblical character).
2. a male given name from Hebrew

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Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Biblical Hebrew רְאוּבֵן (r'uvén).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈry.bən/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Ru‧ben

Proper noun

Ruben m

1. Reuben (Biblical/mythical character; Biblical tribe).
2. a male given name from Hebrew

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Faroese

Proper noun

Ruben m

1. a male given name

Usage notes

Patronymics

• son of Ruben: Rubensson
• daughter of Ruben: Rubensdóttir

Declension

	Singular
	Indefinite
Nominative	Ruben
Accusative	Ruben
Dative	Rubeni
Genitive	Rubens

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French

Etymology

From Hebrew רְאוּבֵן (r'uvén).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁy.bɛn/

Proper noun

Ruben m

1. Reuben (biblical character)
2. a male given name from Hebrew

Anagrams

• brune

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German

Etymology

From Hebrew רְאוּבֵן (r'uvén).

Proper noun

Ruben

1. Reuben (biblical character).
2. a male given name from Hebrew

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Italian

Etymology

From Hebrew רְאוּבֵן (r'uvén).

Proper noun

Ruben m

1. (biblical) Reuben
2. a male given name

Anagrams

• brune

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Norwegian

Etymology

From Hebrew רְאוּבֵן (r'uvén).

Proper noun

Ruben

1. Reuben (biblical character).
2. a male given name from Hebrew

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rǔben/
• Hyphenation: Ru‧ben

Proper noun

Rùben m (Cyrillic spelling Ру̀бен)

1. Reuben (biblical character).
2. a male given name

Declension

Declension of Ruben

	singular
nominative	Ruben
genitive	Rubena
dative	Rubenu
accusative	Rubena
vocative	Rubene
locative	Rubenu
instrumental	Rubenom

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Swedish

Etymology

From Hebrew רְאוּבֵן (r'uvén).

Proper noun

Ruben c (genitive Rubens)

1. Reuben (biblical character).
2. a male given name from Hebrew

Anagrams

• brune, buren