Taube

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine,masculine) a bird of the Columba genus: a dove or pigeon
2. (feminine) the constellation Columba

Name

a surname

Concepts

dove

🕊️

pigeon

Columba

Dove

🕊️

bird

🐦

pigeons

turtledove

deaf person

little bird

child

🧒

broody hen

ringdove

ring dove

hen pigeon

wood pigeon

wood-pigeon

dove

🕊️

culver

cock pigeon

Jonah

Synonyms

Tauberich

Täubin

Täuberich

Täuber

Tauber

Täubchen

Täublein

Turteltaube

männliche Taube

weibliche Taube

Glucke

Kolumbide

Straßendirne

Taubheit

Vogel

🐦

Columba

Friedenstaube

Taubenweibchen

Taubenmännchen

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

duubel

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Hyphenated as

Tau‧be

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtaʊ̯.bə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: tūbe

Inherited from Old High German: tūba

Cognate with Dutch: duif

Cognate with English: dove

Cognate with Danish: due

Cognate with Swedish: duva

Cognate with Swiss German: Tuub

Cognate with Yiddish: טויב

In summary

From Middle High German tūbe, from Old High German tūba, from Proto-West Germanic *dūbā.
Compare German Low German Duuv, Dutch duif, English dove, Danish due, Swedish duva, Alemannic German Tuub, Yiddish טויב (toyb).