Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ebben

/ˈɛbən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.08 in modern English

Syllables: ebben
IPA: /ˈɛbən/

9

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from German.

Etymology

Borrowed from north German Ebben, from a short form of Ebbert.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Ebben

Inflected Forms

Ebbens (plural)

Homonyms

eben ebon

Rhymes With

eben leben mebane lebon

Questions

How do you pronounce ebben?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛbən/.
What does ebben mean?: A surname from German.
Where does ebben come from?: It is traced to German.

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