Hub
See also: hub
English
Pronunciation
Audio (US): (file)
Etymology 1
From hub.
Proper noun
the Hub
- (informal) Nickname for Boston: a major city in Massachusetts, United States.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Clipping of Pornhub, from hub.
Alternative forms
Proper noun
the Hub
- (Internet slang, euphemistic) Pornhub.
- 2019 November 18, u/karbonpanzer, “Porn hub[sic] should be the new youtube”, in Reddit[1], r/unpopularopinion, archived from the original on 26 December 2023:
- It will eventually, the Hub will replace every video site since it has everything for let's plays to porn.
- 2021 January 28, u/someguyat3am, “I don't want to be in a relationship with someone if they watch porn.”, in Reddit[2], r/unpopularopinion, archived from the original on 26 December 2023:
- Ive straight up had my girl hand me her phone with the hub opened up because she didnt wana deal with it lmao
- 2022 June 17, u/ishanG24, “💀💀💀💀”, in Reddit[3], r/HolUp, archived from the original on 26 December 2023:
- Bro must be down bad for being on the Hub in a subway.
- 2022 November 11, u/Crusty_Grape, “It looks like on red Circle”, in Reddit[4], r/dankmemes, archived from the original on 26 December 2023:
- Damn never knew the hub celebrates fucking rememberence[sic] day
- 2023 November 13, u/MoronGoron52, “Cursed_Porn”, in Reddit[5], r/cursedcomments, archived from the original on 26 December 2023:
- Why the fuck is SeaWorld on the hub?
- 2023 December 20, @TessaPaigex, Twitter[6], archived from the original on 26 December 2023:
- Should I post my first video on 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
- a hamlet in Peel en Maas, Limburg, Netherlands
East Central German
Proper noun
Hub m
- (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[7], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 63:
German
Etymology 1
Deverbal from heben (“to lift”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /huːp/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -uːp
Noun
Hub m (strong, genitive Hubes or Hubs, plural Hübe)
- lift, lifting
- Synonym: Heben
- (jargon) distance traveled by a piston within an engine
- (medicine) a puff, a spray (of an inhalator, a nasal spray, etc.)
- Synonym: Sprühstoß
Declension
Declension of Hub [masculine, strong]
Derived terms
- Frosthub
- Hubraum
- Hubvolumen
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /huːp/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -uːp
Proper noun
Hub m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Hubs or (with an article) Hub, feminine genitive Hub, plural Hubs)
Declension
Declension of Hub [masculine // feminine, surname]
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | |||||||
| indef. | def. | noun | indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | (ein) | (der) | Hub | (eine) | (die) | Hub | (die) | Hubs |
| genitive | (eines) | (des) | Hubs, Hub1 | (einer) | (der) | Hub | (der) | Hubs |
| dative | (einem) | (dem) | Hub | (einer) | (der) | Hub | (den) | Hubs |
| accusative | (einen) | (den) | Hub | (eine) | (die) | Hub | (die) | Hubs |
1With an article.
Related terms
Etymology 3
Unadapted borrowing from English hub.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hap/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ap
Noun
Hub m or n (strong, genitive Hubs, plural Hubs)
Declension
Declension of Hub [masculine // neuter, strong]
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