Band

• English, German and Jewish surname, from the noun Band (“hoop, metal ring”).
• Also as an English surname, variant of Bond.
• Also as a German surname, pet from of Bernhard.
• As a Dutch surname, from the place name (die) Bant.

• 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-West Germanic *band n or m, from Proto-Germanic *bandą ~ *bandaz (“band, bond”), derived from *bindaną (“to bind”).

The noun was neuter in most of High German, but masculine in Low German (see Middle Low German bant m) and parts of West Central German. The lexicalisation of this northern usage in the sense “volume” dates from the 17th century.

• IPA^(key): /bant/

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• Rhymes: -ant
• Homophone: bannt

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.

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

1. volume, a single book, chiefly when part of a larger set

   Die Bibliothek umfasst mehrere Millionen Bände.

   The library contains several million volumes.

2. (hence especially) volume of a multi-volume publication

   Der erste Band umfasst die Buchstaben A bis K.

   The first volume comprises the letters A to K.

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

Generally from Band (etymology 1), which was applied to makers or wearers of decorative bands (e.g. wristbands), but also to coopers (after the barrel hoops) etc.

• Like etymology 1 above.

Band m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Bands or (with an article) Band, plural Bands or Band)

1. a surname

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

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 County, Romania
2. a village in Band, Mureș County, Romania