Hub

See also: hub

English

Proper noun

the Hub

1. (informal) Nickname for Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

Derived terms

• Hubbite

See also

• the Hub

Dutch

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦʏp/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Hub
• Rhymes: -ʏp
• Homophone: hup

Proper noun

Hub n

1. A hamlet in Peel en Maas, Limburg, Netherlands.

East Central German

Proper noun

Hub m

1. (Erzgebirgisch) a diminutive of the male given name Hubert

Further reading

• 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎^[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 63:

German

Etymology 1

From the verb heben.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /huːp/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uːp

Noun

Hub m (strong, genitive Hubes or Hubs, plural Hübe)

1. lift, lifting

   Synonym: Heben

2. (jargon) distance traveled by a piston within an engine

Declension

Declension of Hub [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Hub	die	Hübe
genitive	eines	des	Hubes, Hubs	der	Hübe
dative	einem	dem	Hub, Hube1	den	Hüben
accusative	einen	den	Hub	die	Hübe

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Frosthub
• Hubraum
• Hubvolumen

Etymology 2

Unadapted borrowing from English hub.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hap/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ap

Noun

Hub m or n (strong, genitive Hubs, plural Hubs)

1. (computing, transport) hub

Declension

Declension of Hub [masculine // neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der, das	Hub	die	Hubs
genitive	eines	des	Hubs	der	Hubs
dative	einem	dem	Hub	den	Hubs
accusative	einen, ein	den, das	Hub	die	Hubs

Further reading

• “Hub” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Hub (Etymology 1)” in Duden online
• “Hub (Etymology 2)” in Duden online
• “Hub” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon