The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hubner
Hubner \H["u]b"ner\, n. [After H["u]bner, who analyzed it.] (Min.) A mineral of brownish black color, occurring in columnar or foliated masses. It is native manganese tungstate.
Wikipedia
Hübner
Hübner is a Germanic surname, sometimes spelled Huebner or Hubner.
The name means an agricultural worker, a farmer, possibly and specifically one who worked a "hube", which was a piece of land roughly equivalent to the English measurement of a " hide", about 120 acres. The appearance of this surname is attributed to medieval feudal Germany.
Notable people with this surname include:
- Alfred Hübner (1891–?), German World War I flying ace
- Andreas Huebner, German evangelist
- Andrew Huebner, American author
- Arnold Huebner (1919–1981), German Luftwaffe Knight's Cross recipient
- Benjamin Hübner (born 1989), German football player
- Berna Huebner, Filmmaker and Alzheimer's advocate
- Chris Huebner, Canadian Mennonite theologian
- Clarence R. Huebner, American lieutenant general
- Danuta Hübner, European Commissioner for Regional Policy.
- Dario Hübner, Italian footballer
- David Huebner, American lawyer and U.S. ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa
- Emil Hübner (1834–1901), German classical scholar, son of Julius Hübner
- Frank Hübner (born 1950), German sailor
- Franz Hübner (1846–1877), German entomologist
- Fritz Hübner (born 1933), German opera bass
- Herbert Hübner (1889–1972), German actor
- Jacob Hübner, (1761– 1826), German entomologist
- Johann Hübner (1668–1731), German geographer and scholar
- Johan Hübner von Holst (1881–1945), Swedish sport shooter
- Count Joseph Alexander Hübner (1811–1892), Austrian diplomat, real name Josef Hafenbredl
- Julius Hübner (1806–1882), German painter, father of Emil Hübner
- Karl Hübner (1814–1879), German painter
- Mentor Huebner (1917–2001), American storyboard artist
- Michael Hübner (born 1959), German sprint track cyclist
- Ramon Menezes Hubner (born 1972), Brazilian footballer
- Robert Huebner (1924–1998), American physician
- Robert Hübner, (* 1948), German chess grandmaster
- Stefan Hübner (born 1975), German volleyball player
- Ulrich Hübner (1872–1932), German painter
Usage examples of "hubner".
Every time Herr Glauber had mentioned Master Blacksmith Hubner, Heinrich had puffed out his cheeks and sucked in his lips, in a nearly perfect parody of Herr Hubner.