# Band
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from German Band.

### Pronunciation

* Rhymes: -ænd

### Proper noun

Band (plural Bands)
* A surname from German.

#### Statistics

* According to the 2010 United States Census, Band is the 33894th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 671 individuals. Band is most common among White (86.14%) individuals.

### Further reading

* Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Band”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 93.

### Anagrams

* B-DNA, bDNA, bdna

## German
### Etymology 1

From Middle High German bant, from Old High German bant, from Proto-Germanic *bandiz (“band”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bant/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ant

#### Noun

Band n (strong, genitive Bandes or Bands, plural Bänder or (figurative or poetic) Bande, diminutive Bändchen n or Bändlein n)
* tape, ribbon
* (anatomy) A ligament
* band or tie holding items together
* belt (conveyor belt, fan belt, etc.)
* band of the spectrum
* (figurative) intimate bond to a person [plural: Bande]
* (figurative) dependence, social bond [plural: Bande]
* (poetic) shackle [plural: Bande]

##### Usage notes

* 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.

##### Declension

$^1$Now rare, see notes. $^2$Figurative or poetic.

##### Derived terms

* am laufenden Band
* Armband
* Bandlaufwerk
* Bandmaß
* Bandrobbe
* Bandsalat
* Bruchband
* Dichtband
* Flatterband
* Förderband
* Halsband
* Isolierband
* Klebeband
* Laufband
* Malerband
* Maßband
* Schuhband
* Tonband
* Zugband

### Etymology 2

From Middle High German bant, from the same origin as the "band" sense of Etymology 1.

#### Alternative forms

* Bd. (abbreviation)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bant/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ant

#### Noun

Band m (strong, genitive Bandes or Bands, plural Bände, diminutive Bändchen n)
* volume (of a multi-volume set of books)

##### Declension

$^1$Now rare, see notes.

##### Derived terms

* Bände sprechen
* Bildband
* Gedichtband
* Sammelband

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from English band.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɛnt/, /bɛːnt/
* Audio:(file)

#### Noun

Band f (genitive Band, plural Bands)
* modern music band
    Synonyms: Musikgruppe, (archaic) Musikbande

##### Declension
### Etymology 4
#### Proper noun

Band m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Bands or (with an article) Band, feminine genitive Band, plural Bands)
* a surname

##### Declension

$^1$With an article.

### Further reading

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

## Luxembourgish
### Etymology 1

Probably either borrowed from German Band, or inherited from Old High German bant.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bant/, [bɑnt]
* Rhymes: -ɑnt

#### Noun

Band n (plural Bänner)
* ribbon, band
* tape, band (e.g. magnetic tape)
* (anatomy) ligament
* hoop (on a barrel)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bænt/
* Rhymes: -ænt

#### Noun

Band f (plural Banten)
* band (musical group)
    Synonym: Museksgrupp
* band, gang (e.g. of thieves)
* crowd, group

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bant/, [bɑnt]
* Rhymes: -ɑnt

#### Noun

Band m (plural Bänn)
* volume (one of a set of books)

##### Derived terms

* Gedichtband

## Pennsylvania German
### Etymology 1

Compare German band, Dutch band, English band.

#### Noun

Band n (plural Benner)
* band
* ribbon
* hinge
* bandage
* ligature

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English bond.

#### Noun

Band n (plural Benner)
* bond
* certificate of indebtedness

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian Bánd.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Band m
* A commune of Mureș, Romania
* A village in Band, Mureș, Romania