Becher

Becher

1. A male given name.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Numbers 26:35:

     These are the sons of Ephraim after their families: of Shuthelah, the family of the Shuthalhites: of Becher, the family of the Bachrites: of Tahan, the family of the Tahanites.

• breech

• Hyphenation: Be‧cher

Becher

1. a surname

From Middle High German becher, from Old High German behhari, from Proto-West Germanic *bikārī. Displaced native Stauf in Early New High German. Cognate with English beaker.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛçɐ/

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• Hyphenation: Be‧cher
• Rhymes: -ɛçɐ

Becher m (strong, genitive Bechers, plural Becher, diminutive Becherchen n or Becherlein n)

1. a cylindrical or slightly conical drinking vessel without a stem, typically with no handle, beaker

• → French: bécher
• → Italian: becher

Becher m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Bechers or (with an article) Becher, feminine genitive Becher, plural Bechers or Becher)

1. a surname

• “Becher” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Becher” in Duden online

From Middle High German becher, from Old High German behhari, from Latin bicarium, probably a diminutive of Ancient Greek βῖκος (bîkos, “amphora”).

Cognate with German Becher, Dutch beker, English beaker (via Old Norse), Icelandic bikar.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbæχeʀ/, [ˈbæɕɐ]

Becher m (plural Becheren)

1. cup, beaker

• Becher in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire

From becher.

Becher m (genitive/dative lui Becher)

1. a surname