Band

Borrowed from German Band.

• Rhymes: -ænd

Band (plural Bands)

1. A surname from German.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Band is the 33894^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 671 individuals. Band is most common among White (86.14%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Band”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 93.

• B-DNA, bDNA, bdna

From Middle High German bant, from Old High German bant, from Proto-Germanic *bandiz (“band”).

• IPA^(key): /bant/

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• Rhymes: -ant

Band n (strong, genitive Bandes or Bands, plural Bänder or (figurative or poetic) Bande, diminutive Bändchen n or Bändlein n)

1. tape, ribbon
2. (anatomy) A ligament
3. band or tie holding items together
4. belt (conveyor belt, fan belt, etc.)
5. band of the spectrum
6. (figurative) intimate bond to a person [plural: Bande]
7. (figurative) dependence, social bond [plural: Bande]
8. (poetic) shackle [plural: Bande]

• The normal plural is Bänder.
• The plural Bande is used in the figurative sense of “bond” and in the poetic meaning “shackles” (for which usually Fessel is used). In early modern German, the two plurals were widely interchangeable.

From Middle High German bant, from the same origin as the "band" sense of Etymology 1.

• Bd. (abbreviation)

• IPA^(key): /bant/

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• Rhymes: -ant

Band m (strong, genitive Bandes or Bands, plural Bände, diminutive Bändchen n)

1. volume (of a multi-volume set of books)

Borrowed from English band.

• IPA^(key): /bɛnt/, /bɛːnt/

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Band f (genitive Band, plural Bands)

1. modern music band

   Synonyms: Musikgruppe, (archaic) Musikbande

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

1. a surname

• “Band” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Band (Buch)” in Duden online
• “Band (Gewebestreifen, Fessel)” in Duden online
• “Band (Musikgruppe)” in Duden online

Probably either borrowed from German Band, or inherited from Old High German bant.

• IPA^(key): /bant/, [bɑnt]
• Rhymes: -ɑnt

Band n (plural Bänner)

1. ribbon, band
2. tape, band (e.g. magnetic tape)
3. (anatomy) ligament
4. hoop (on a barrel)

• IPA^(key): /bænt/
• Rhymes: -ænt

Band f (plural Banten)

1. band (musical group)

   Synonym: Museksgrupp

2. band, gang (e.g. of thieves)
3. crowd, group

• IPA^(key): /bant/, [bɑnt]
• Rhymes: -ɑnt

Band m (plural Bänn)

1. volume (one of a set of books)

• Gedichtband

Compare German band, Dutch band, English band.

Band n (plural Benner)

1. band
2. ribbon
3. hinge
4. bandage
5. ligature

Borrowed from English bond.

Band n (plural Benner)

1. bond
2. certificate of indebtedness

Borrowed from Hungarian Bánd.

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Band m

1. A commune of Mureș, Romania
2. A village in Band, Mureș, Romania