Elbe

See also: elbe

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛlbə/, /ɛlb/

Proper noun

Elbe

A river of Europe that passes through the Czech Republic and Germany before flowing into the North Sea.

Translations

European river

Arabic: إلبه‎
Armenian: Էլբա (Ēlba)
Bulgarian: Елба f (Elba)
Catalan: Elba m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 易北河 (zh) (Yìběi hé)
Czech: Labe (cs) n
Danish: Elben (da)
Dutch: Elbe f
Esperanto: Elbo (eo)
Estonian: Elbe
Finnish: Elbe (fi), Elbejoki
French: Elbe (fr) f
German: Elbe (de) f
Alemannic German: Elbe
Greek: Έλβας m (Élvas)
Ancient: Ἄλβις f (Álbis)
Hungarian: Elba (hu)
Icelandic: Saxelfur f
Italian: Elba f
Japanese: エルベ川 (Erube-gawa)
Kashubian: Łaba f
Korean: 엘베 강 (Elbe gang)
Latin: Albis m
Lithuanian: Elbė
Low German:
Dutch Low Saxon: Elve (nds) f

German Low German: Elv (nds) f

Luxembourgish: Elbe
Marathi: एल्ब f (elba)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Elben

Nynorsk: Elbe
Old English: Ælf ēa f
Old Norse: Saxelfr f
Polish: Łaba (pl) f
Portuguese: Elba m
Romanian: Elba f
Russian: Э́льба (ru) f (Élʹba), Ла́ба (ru) f (Lába)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Лаба f

Roman: Laba f
Silesian: Łaba f
Slovak: Labe n
Slovene: Laba (sl) f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Łobjo n

Upper Sorbian: Łobjo n
Spanish: Elba (es) m
Swedish: Elbe (sv)
Turkish: Elbe (tr), Elbe Nehri (tr)
Ukrainian: Ельба f (Elʹba)
Yiddish: עלבע‎ f (elbe)

Anagrams

Ebel, Eble, beel, blee, bélé

French

Proper noun

Elbe f

Elbe (river of Central Europe)
Elba (island in the Tuscan Archipelago)

German

Etymology 1

From Old High German Elba, from Proto-Germanic *albī (“river”), attested in Latin as Albis. Compare Old Norse Elfr, Swedish älv.

Proper noun

Elbe f (genitive Elbe)

the Elbe

Further reading

Elbe in Duden online

Noun

Elbe m

Alternative form of Elb (elf).

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