Bach

From German Bach. The surname was brought to the Anglo-Saxon world by immigrants from other Germanic countries. Doublet of Beach.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /bɑːx/, /bɑːk/
• Rhymes: -ɑːx, -ɑːk

Bach

1. A surname from German.
2. (music) Johann Sebastian Bach, a German organist and composer.

• BACH motif
• Bach flower remedy
• Bach flower therapy
• Bach trumpet

Borrowed from Vietnamese Bạch. Doublet of Bai.

Bach

1. A surname from Vietnamese.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bach is the 2,986^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 11,999 individuals. Bach is most common among White (84.82%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (10.70%) individuals.

• BHCA

From German Bach, also as a Germanisation/Germanization of the Danish surname Bak (“hill”).

Bach

1. a surname of Danish-speakers
2. (music) Bach

From Middle High German bach, from Old High German bah, from Proto-West Germanic *baki. Cognate with English beach and beck.

• IPA^(key): /baχ/

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• Rhymes: -ax

Bach m (strong, genitive Baches or Bachs, plural Bäche, diminutive Bächlein n or Bächelchen n)

1. brook, stream

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

1. a topographic surname
2. (music) Johann Sebastian Bach, a German organist and composer

• Bacher, Bachmann, Bachmüller, Achenbach, Auerbach, Breitbach, Burbach, Ebersbach
• Heisterbach, Lauterbach, Lehrbach, Limbach, Merkelbach, Reichenbach, Rohrbach, Roßbach, Schönbach, Seebach

Bach n (proper noun, genitive Bachs or (optionally with an article) Bach)

1. A municipality of Tyrol, Austria

• Bacher

• “Bach” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Bach, Wasserlauf” in Duden online
• “Bach, Komponist” in Duden online

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɒxː]
• Hyphenation: Bach
• Rhymes: -ɒxː

Bach

1. (music) Johann Sebastian Bach, a German organist and composer

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Bach	Bachok
accusative	Bachot	Bachokat
dative	Bachnak	Bachoknak
instrumental	Bachhal	Bachokkal
causal-final	Bachért	Bachokért
translative	Bachhá	Bachokká
terminative	Bachig	Bachokig
essive-formal	Bachként	Bachokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Bachban	Bachokban
superessive	Bachon	Bachokon
adessive	Bachnál	Bachoknál
illative	Bachba	Bachokba
sublative	Bachra	Bachokra
allative	Bachhoz	Bachokhoz
elative	Bachból	Bachokból
delative	Bachról	Bachokról
ablative	Bachtól	Bachoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	Baché	Bachoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	Bachéi	Bachokéi

Possessive forms of Bach
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Bachom	Bachjaim
2nd person sing.	Bachod	Bachjaid
3rd person sing.	Bachja	Bachjai
1st person plural	Bachunk	Bachjaink
2nd person plural	Bachotok	Bachjaitok
3rd person plural	Bachjuk	Bachjaik

• bachi

From Middle Low German bach, from Old Saxon *bak, from Proto-West Germanic *baki (“brook; beach”).

Cognate with Dutch beek, German Bach, English beach, Swedish bäck.

• IPA^(key): /baɦ/

Bach n (plural Bäakja)

1. stream, creek, brook

• IPA^(key): /bax/
• Rhymes: -ax
• Syllabification: Bach

Bach m pers

1. a male surname

Bach f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname

• “Bach”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022

From German Bach.

Bach m

1. a surname from German
2. (music) Bach (German composer)