Haber

See also: haber and håber

English

Etymology

• As a Jewish and German surname, from the noun Haber (“oat”), more commonly spelled as Haver.
• Also as a Jewish surname, from the German name (Habern) for Habry in the Czech Republic. This name is from Czech habr (“hornbeam”).

Proper noun

Haber

1. A surname from German.
   1. (used attributively) German chemist Fritz Haber, who co-invented the Haber process for producing ammonia from hydrogen and nitrogen.

Derived terms

• Haber process
• Born-Haber cycle
• Haber syndrome
• Haber world (planet with an atmosphere largely comprised of hydrogen and nitrogen)

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Haber”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 108.

Anagrams

• Baehr, Behar, Rehab., hebra, rehab

East Central German

Alternative forms

• Habr

Etymology

From Middle High German haber, habere, from Old High German habaro. Compare German Haber.

Noun

Haber m

1. (Erzgebirgisch) oats

Derived terms

• Haberstruh

Further reading

• Manfred Blechschmidt, Behüt eich fei dos Licht Ein Weihnachtsbuch des Erzgebirges P. 97

German

Etymology

See German Hafer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaːbɐ/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Haber m (strong, genitive Habers, no plural)

1. (Southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland dialectal, otherwise obsolete) oat

   Synonym: Hafer

   • 1762, Christoph Martin Wieland, Ein St.-Johannis-Nachts-Traum‎^[1], translation of A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare:

     Die Wahrheit zu sagen, eine Handvoll Futter würde mir nicht übel thun; ich wollte euch ein gut Theil von euerm Haber käuen, wenn ich hätte.

     I could munch your good dry Oates. Me-thinkes I haue a great desire to a bottle of hay: good hay, sweete hay hath no fellow.

Declension

Declension of Haber [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Haber
genitive	eines	des	Habers
dative	einem	dem	Haber
accusative	einen	den	Haber