Bach

See also: bach, bách, bạch, and bac̱h

English

Etymology 1

From German Bach. The surname was brought to the Anglo-Saxon world by immigrants from Germany, Denmark, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɑːx/, /bɑːk/

Proper noun

Bach

1. of English-speakers.
2. (music) Johann Sebastian Bach, a German organist and composer.

Derived terms

• BACH motif
• Bach flower remedy
• Bach flower therapy

Translations

German composer

• Arabic: بَاخ (bāḵ)
• Armenian: Բախ (Bax)
• Azerbaijani: Bax
• Belarusian: Бах (Bax)
• Bulgarian: Бах (Bah)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 巴赫 (zh) (Bāhè)

• Dutch: Bach
• Esperanto: Baĥo
• Finnish: Bach (fi)
• French: Bach (fr)
• Georgian: ბახი (baxi)
• German: Bach (de)
• Greek: Μπαχ (Bach)
• Hebrew: באך
• Hindi: बाख़ (bāx)
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• Hungarian: Bach (hu)
• Japanese: バッハ (Bahha)
• Korean: 바흐 (Baheu)
• Latvian: Bahs
• Macedonian: Бах (Bah)
• Marathi: बाख m (bākh)
• Persian: باخ (bâx)
• Portuguese: Bach (pt)
• Russian: Бах (ru) (Bax)
• Spanish: Bach
• Swedish: Bach (sv)
• Tamil: பாக் (pāk)
• Thai: บาค (bàak)
• Ukrainian: Бах (Bax)
• Urdu: باخ (bāx)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Vietnamese Bạch.

Proper Noun

Bach

1. A Vietnamese surname from Vietnamese

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bach is the 2,986^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 11,999 individuals. Bach is most common among White (84.82%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (10.70%) individuals.

Anagrams

• BHCA

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Danish

Etymology

From German Bach, also as a Germanisation/Germanization of the Danish surname Bak (“hill”).

Proper noun

Bach

1. of Danish-speakers.
2. (music) Bach

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German bach, from Old High German bah, from Proto-Germanic *bakiz. Cognate with English beach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baχ/

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Noun

Bach m (genitive Baches or Bachs, plural Bäche, diminutive Bächlein n or Bächelchen n)

1. brook, stream

Proper noun

Bach m (proper noun, strong, genitive Bachs)

1. a topographic surname
2. (music) Johann Sebastian Bach, a German organist and composer

Proper noun

Bach n (proper noun, strong, genitive Bachs)

1. A municipality of Tyrol, Austria.

Derived terms

• Bacher

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒxː]
• Hyphenation: Bach

Proper noun

Bach

1. (music) Johann Sebastian Bach, a German organist and composer

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Bach	Bachok
accusative	Bachot	Bachokat
dative	Bachnak	Bachoknak
instrumental	Bachhal	Bachokkal
causal-final	Bachért	Bachokért
translative	Bachhá	Bachokká
terminative	Bachig	Bachokig
essive-formal	Bachként	Bachokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Bachban	Bachokban
superessive	Bachon	Bachokon
adessive	Bachnál	Bachoknál
illative	Bachba	Bachokba
sublative	Bachra	Bachokra
allative	Bachhoz	Bachokhoz
elative	Bachból	Bachokból
delative	Bachról	Bachokról
ablative	Bachtól	Bachoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	Baché	Bachoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	Bachéi	Bachokéi

Possessive forms of Bach
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Bachom	Bachjaim
2nd person sing.	Bachod	Bachjaid
3rd person sing.	Bachja	Bachjai
1st person plural	Bachunk	Bachjaink
2nd person plural	Bachotok	Bachjaitok
3rd person plural	Bachjuk	Bachjaik

Derived terms

• bachi

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Plautdietsch

Etymology

From Middle Low German bach, from Old Saxon *bak, from Proto-Germanic *bakiz (“brook; beach”). Cognate with Dutch beek, German Bach, English beach, Swedish bäck.

Noun

Bach n (plural Bäakja)

1. stream, creek, brook

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Polish

Etymology

From truncation of personal names beginning with Ba- (e.g. Bartłomiej) +‎ -ch. Alternatively, from Proto-Slavic bachati ("to chatter") or bach (“impact sound”).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Bach m pers or f

1. a masculine surname
2. a feminine surname

Declension

Masculine surname:

Declension of Bach

	singular	plural
nominative	Bach	Bachowie
genitive	Bacha	Bachów
dative	Bachowi	Bachom
accusative	Bacha	Bachów
instrumental	Bachem	Bachami
locative	Bachu	Bachach
vocative	Bachu	Bachowie

The feminine surname is indeclinable.

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Bach m

1. a surname from German
2. (music) Bach (German composer)