Rabe

See also: rabe and råbe

English

Proper noun

Rabe

1. A surname from German.

German

Ein Rabe

Etymology

From Middle High German rabe, from Old High German rabo, from Proto-West Germanic *hrabō, from Proto-Germanic *hrabô, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂-. See also Proto-Germanic *hrabnaz.

Compare Low German Raav, Dutch raaf, West Frisian, English raven, Danish ravn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁaːbə/

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Noun

Rabe m (weak, genitive Raben, plural Raben, diminutive Räbchen n or Räblein n, feminine (for the animal) Räbin)

1. raven

   Synonym: (common raven) Kolkrabe

2. (astronomy) the constellation Corvus

Declension

Declension of Rabe [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Rabe	die	Raben
genitive	eines	des	Raben	der	Raben
dative	einem	dem	Raben	den	Raben
accusative	einen	den	Raben	die	Raben

Hypernyms

• Rabenvogel
  • Singvogel

Hyponyms

• Blaurabe
• Erzrabe

Related terms

• Rabengeier, Rabengekrächze
• Rabenmutter, Rabenvater

See also

• Unglücksrabe
• Krähe f

Further reading

• “Rabe” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Rabe” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Rabe” in Duden online