Haber

See also: haber and håber

English

Etymology

  • As a Jewish and German surname, from the noun Haber (oat), more commonly spelled as Haver.
  • Also as a Jewish surname, from the German name (Habern) for Habry in the Czech Republic. This name is from Czech habr (hornbeam).

Proper noun

Haber

  1. A surname from German.
    1. (used attributively) German chemist Fritz Haber, who co-invented the Haber process for producing ammonia from hydrogen and nitrogen.

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German haber, habere, from Old High German habaro. Compare German Haber.

Noun

Haber m

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) oats

Derived terms

  • Haberstruh

Further reading

  • Manfred Blechschmidt, Behüt eich fei dos Licht Ein Weihnachtsbuch des Erzgebirges P. 97

German

Etymology

See German Hafer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhaːbɐ/
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Noun

Haber m (strong, genitive Habers, no plural)

  1. (Southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland dialectal, otherwise obsolete) oat
    Synonym: Hafer
    • 1762, Christoph Martin Wieland, Ein St.-Johannis-Nachts-Traum[1], translation of A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare:
      Die Wahrheit zu sagen, eine Handvoll Futter würde mir nicht übel thun; ich wollte euch ein gut Theil von euerm Haber käuen, wenn ich hätte.
      I could munch your good dry Oates. Me-thinkes I haue a great desire to a bottle of hay: good hay, sweete hay hath no fellow.

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