Eber

See also: eber and éber

English

Etymology

Hebrew עֵבֶר‎‎ (ʿéver)

Proper noun

Eber

(Judaism, Christianity) In the Bible, the son of Salah and the father of Joktan and Peleg.

Anagrams

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

German

Etymology

From Middle High German ëber, from Old High German 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”) (which see), nor to Bär (“bear”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈeːbɐ/
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Noun

Eber m (genitive Ebers, plural Eber)

boar (male pig, especially domestic)

Declension

Declension of Eber

	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

Synonyms

Keiler (“male wild boar”)

Further reading

Eber in Duden online

Italian

Etymology

From Hebrew עֵבֶר‎ (Éver).

Proper noun

Eber (m)

(biblical) Eber

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