"Tuba" meaning in German

See Tuba in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈtuːba/ Audio: De-Tuba.ogg [Germany, Berlin]
Etymology: 18th century, learned borrowing from Latin tuba. Etymology templates: {{ety|de|:lbor|la:tuba|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "tuba", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "German", "term" : "Tuba", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "de" }" data-lang="de" data-title="Tuba">, {{lbor|de|la|tuba|nocap=1}} learned borrowing from Latin tuba, {{ety|de|:lbor|la:tuba|tree=1}} Head templates: {{de-noun|f,Tuben:s}} Tuba f (genitive Tuba, plural Tuben or Tubas) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f,Tuben:s}} Forms: Tuba [genitive], Tuben [plural], Tubas [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Tuba [nominative, singular], Tuben [definite, nominative, plural], Tubas [definite, nominative, plural], Tuba [genitive, singular], Tuben [definite, genitive, plural], Tubas [definite, genitive, plural], Tuba [dative, singular], Tuben [dative, definite, plural], Tubas [dative, definite, plural], Tuba [accusative, singular], Tuben [accusative, definite, plural], Tubas [accusative, definite, plural], Tube [alternative]
  1. (music) tuba (wind instrument) Tags: feminine Hyponyms: Basstuba [music, entertainment, lifestyle], Bombardon [music, entertainment, lifestyle], Doppeltuba [music, entertainment, lifestyle], Helikon [music, entertainment, lifestyle], Kontrabasstuba [music, entertainment, lifestyle], Kriegstuba [music, entertainment, lifestyle], Marschtuba [music, entertainment, lifestyle], Sousaphon [music, entertainment, lifestyle], Tornistertuba [music, entertainment, lifestyle], Wagnertuba [music, entertainment, lifestyle] Derived forms: Tubabläser [music, entertainment, lifestyle], Tubanoten [music, entertainment, lifestyle], Tubaspieler [music, entertainment, lifestyle], Tubaständer [music, entertainment, lifestyle], Tubatasche [music, entertainment, lifestyle]
    Sense id: en-Tuba-de-noun-wq-bGhNe Categories (other): Music, Brass instruments Disambiguation of Brass instruments: 45 55 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  2. (medicine) a tubular organ, such as the Fallopian tube Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Tuba-de-noun-bkFnUJTP Categories (other): Medicine, German entries with etymon, German entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with etymon, Brass instruments Disambiguation of German entries with etymon: 33 67 Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 41 59 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 41 59 Disambiguation of Brass instruments: 45 55 Topics: medicine, sciences

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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