bach

Other forms of bach

plural

baches·

past tense

bached·

present participle

baching·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about bach

What does bach mean?

bach means "German baroque organist and contrapuntist; composed mostly keyboard music; one of the greatest creators of western music (1685-1750)". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in bach?

bach has 1 syllable: bach. In IPA it is /ˈbɑk/.

What is another word for bach?

Close synonyms include Johann Sebastian Bach, bachelor. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is bach a common word?

bach is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with bach?

1 word rhymes with bach. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.