Eber

See also: eber and éber

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew עֵבֶר (ʿéver).

Proper noun

Eber

2. (biblical) the son of Salah and the father of Joktan and Peleg.
3. Surname and given name

Anagrams

• Beer, Bree, Erbe, Reeb, be-er, beer, bere, bree, reeb

German

Etymology

From Middle High German ëber, from Old High German ebur, from Proto-West Germanic *ebur, from Proto-Germanic *eburaz, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-r-.

Cognate with Dutch ever, Latin aper, Serbo-Croatian vepar. Despite the similarity in form and meaning, not related to obsolete dialectal Bär (“boar”) or to Bär (“bear”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːbɐ/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Eber m (strong, genitive Ebers, plural Eber)

1. boar (male pig, especially domestic)

   Synonym: Keiler (“male wild boar”)

Declension

Declension of Eber [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Eber	die	Eber
genitive	eines	des	Ebers	der	Eber
dative	einem	dem	Eber	den	Ebern
accusative	einen	den	Eber	die	Eber

Derived terms

• Eberspieß (“boar-spear”)
• Eberwurz (“carline thistle”)
• Eberzahn (“boar's tusk”)
• Zuchteber (“herd boar”)

Further reading

• “Eber” in Duden online
• “Eber”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew עֵבֶר (Éver).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛ.ber/
• Rhymes: -ɛber
• Hyphenation: È‧ber

Proper noun

Eber m

1. (biblical) Eber

Anagrams

• bere, ebre, erbe, rebe