Hub

See also: hub

English

Proper noun

the Hub

  1. (informal) Nickname for Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

Derived terms

See also

Dutch

Etymology

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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɦʏp/
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  • Hyphenation: Hub
  • Rhymes: -ʏp
  • Homophone: hup

Proper noun

Hub n

  1. A hamlet in Peel en Maas, Limburg, Netherlands.

East Central German

Proper noun

Hub m

  1. (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, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 63:

German

Etymology 1

From the verb heben.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /huːp/
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  • Rhymes: -uːp

Noun

Hub m (strong, genitive Hubes or Hubs, plural Hübe)

  1. lift, lifting
    Synonym: Heben
  2. (jargon) distance traveled by a piston within an engine
Declension
Declension of Hub [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Hub die Hübe
genitive eines des Hubes, Hubs der Hübe
dative einem dem Hub, Hube1 den Hüben
accusative einen den Hub die Hübe

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Unadapted borrowing from English hub.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /hap/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ap

Noun

Hub m or n (strong, genitive Hubs, plural Hubs)

  1. (computing, transport) hub
Declension
Declension of Hub [masculine // neuter, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der, das Hub die Hubs
genitive eines des Hubs der Hubs
dative einem dem Hub den Hubs
accusative einen, ein den, das Hub die Hubs

Further reading
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