Beck

Beck

1. A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Günther von Mannagetta und Lërchenau Beck (1856-1931).

• Author query of the International Plant Names Index

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• As a German surname, from Beck (“stream, brook”), see also Old Norse bekkr. Also a spelling variant of Becker (“baker”).
• As a Hebrew surname, shortened from בני (B'nei) קדושים (Kdoshim, “sons of the martyrs”).

Beck (countable and uncountable, plural Becks)

1. A surname.
2. An unincorporated community in Covington County, Alabama, United States, likely named after the Beck family.
3. The River Beck, or The Beck, a minor river in south-east Greater London, England, which becomes the Pool River before joining the Ravensbourne.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Beck is the 328^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 93,786 individuals. Beck is most common among White (90.27%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Beck”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 123.

from Middle High German becke, from Old High German becko, ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *bakārijaz (“baker”).

• (Zürich) IPA^(key): /bek/

Beck m (plural Becke)

1. baker

• IPA^(key):

Beck m anim (female equivalent Becková)

1. a male surname from German

• “Beck”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

from Middle High German becke, from Old High German becko, ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *bakārijaz (“baker”).

Beck m

1. (Erzgebirgisch) baker

Beck

1. plural of Buuk

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From Middle High German becke, from Old High German becko, ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *bakārijaz (“baker”). Doublet of Bäcker.

Beck m (weak, genitive Becken, plural Becken)

1. (archaic to obsolete) baker

• → Kajkavian Serbo-Croatian: pek

Beck m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Becks or (with an article) Beck, feminine genitive Beck, plural Becks)

1. a surname

• → English: Beck

From Middle Low German beck, probably through Dutch bek, from Middle Dutch bec, from Middle French bec (“beak”) or Old French bec, from Vulgar Latin beccus, probably from Gaulish. Compare modern French bec, English beak.

Beck m (strong, genitive Beckes or Becks, plural Becke)

1. (falconry) The beak of a bird of prey.

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: Beck
• Rhymes: -ɛk

Beck

1. a surname