Tauber

Borrowed from German Tauber, an occupational surname for a pigeon breeder, from Taube (“pigeon”) + -er.

Tauber (plural Taubers)

1. A surname from German.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Tauber is the 11595^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2708 individuals. Tauber is most common among White (95.27%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Tauber”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
• Forebears

Borrowed from German Tauber.

Tauber

1. A left tributary of the Main in Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, Germany

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaʊ̯.bər/, [ˈtʰaʊ̯.bɐ]

Variant of Taube.

Tauber m (strong, genitive Taubers, plural Tauber, feminine Täubin)

1. male pigeon, dove (cock pigeon, cock-pigeon, he-pigeon, cock-dove, cock dove)

• Vogel
• Taubenvogel
• Taube

From a Celtic (likely Gaulish) word meaning "water". Compare English Dover, Welsh dwfr, dŵr, Breton dour and Old Irish dobur (“water, river”).

die Tauber f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Tauber)

1. Tauber (a left tributary of the Main in Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria, Germany)

Substantivization of taub.

Tauber m (adjectival, definite nominative der Taube, genitive (des) Tauben, plural Taube, definite plural die Tauben, feminine Taube)

1. deaf person (male or of unspecified gender)

Tauber f

1. inflection of Taube:
   1. strong genitive/dative singular
   2. strong genitive plural

• “Tauber” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache