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Bavarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈb̥ɔŋk/
- IPA(key): /ˈb̥ɒ̃ːŋk/ (East Central, Vienna)
Etymology 1
From Middle High German banc, from Old High German banc, bank (“height”), from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to bend, curve, arch”).
Noun
Bånk f (plural Bänk, diminutive Bankl or Bankerl)
- bench (which people sit on); pew
- workbench (which things can be set down on)
- bank (collection of material in a body of water)
- (sports) substitutes' bench
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Italian banco (“bench, bank”), from Lombardic bank, itself borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeg- (“to bend, curve, arch”).
Noun
Bånk f (plural Bånkn)
- bank (financial institution)
- a facility for storage of a particular thing