Tab

See also: tab, TAB, t.a.b., t-ab, тав, and Тав

English

Etymology 1

From tab.

Noun

Tab (plural Tabs)

1. (computing) A key on a computer keyboard that typically inserts a tab or moves the input focus.

See also

• (computer keys) key; Caps Lock, Enter, Num Lock, Page Down, Page Up, Scroll Lock, Shift, Tab ^{(Category: en:Computing)}

Etymology 2

Noun

Tab (plural Tabs)

1. Alternative letter-case form of tab (“student at Cambridge”).

Anagrams

• ATB, abt., B.T.A., BTA, TBA, bat, bat-, Bat-, ABT, abt, BAT

German

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English tab.

Noun

Tab m or n (strong, genitive Tabs, plural Tabs)

1. tab

Declension

Declension of Tab [masculine // neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der, das	Tab	die	Tabs
genitive	eines	des	Tabs	der	Tabs
dative	einem	dem	Tab	den	Tabs
accusative	einen, ein	den, das	Tab	die	Tabs

Etymology 2

Clipping of Tablette.

Noun

Tab m (strong, genitive Tabs, plural Tabs)

1. tab (tablet)

Declension

Declension of Tab [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Tab	die	Tabs
genitive	eines	des	Tabs	der	Tabs
dative	einem	dem	Tab	den	Tabs
accusative	einen	den	Tab	die	Tabs

Etymology 3

Clipping of Tabulator.

Noun

Tab m (strong, genitive Tabs, plural Tabs)

1. tab key

Declension

Declension of Tab [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Tab	die	Tabs
genitive	eines	des	Tabs	der	Tabs
dative	einem	dem	Tab	den	Tabs
accusative	einen	den	Tab	die	Tabs

Further reading

• “Tab”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɒb]
• Hyphenation: Tab
• Rhymes: -ɒb

Proper noun

Tab

1. a town in Somogy County, Hungary

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	Tab	—
accusative	Tabot	—
dative	Tabnak	—
instrumental	Tabbal	—
causal-final	Tabért	—
translative	Tabbá	—
terminative	Tabig	—
essive-formal	Tabként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Tabban	—
superessive	Tabon	—
adessive	Tabnál	—
illative	Tabba	—
sublative	Tabra	—
allative	Tabhoz	—
elative	Tabból	—
delative	Tabról	—
ablative	Tabtól	—
non-attributive possessive – singular	Tabé	—
non-attributive possessive – plural	Tabéi	—

Possessive forms of Tab

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Tabom	—
2nd person sing.	Tabod	—
3rd person sing.	Tabja	—
1st person plural	Tabunk	—
2nd person plural	Tabotok	—
3rd person plural	Tabjuk	—

Derived terms

• tabi