Eck

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English

Etymology

From the German Eck.

Proper noun

Eck (plural Ecks)

  1. A surname from German. — famously held by:
    1. Johann Eck (German scholastic theologian, 1486–1543)

Derived terms

Translations

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Eck is the 4,618th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7,681 individuals. Eck is most common among White (95.66%) individuals.

Further reading

Anagrams

Bavarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German ecke, from Old High German ecka, from Proto-West Germanic *aggju, from Proto-Germanic *agjō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈe̞ɡ̥ː/ (Central)

Noun

Eck n (plural Eckn, diminutive Eckerl)

  1. corner, edge
  2. a roughly triangular or quadrangular piece of something
  3. region; area; neighbourhood

Derived terms

East Central German

Proper noun

Eck m

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) a diminutive of the male given name Eckhardt

Further reading

  • 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 36:

German

Etymology

Variant of Ecke.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛk/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

Eck n (strong or mixed, genitive Eckes or Ecks, plural (southern Germany) Ecke or (Austria) Ecken)

  1. (Southern Germany, Austria) Synonym of Ecke f (“corner”)

Declension

Declension of Eck
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Eck die Ecke2, Ecken3
genitive eines des Eckes, Ecks der Ecke2, Ecken3
dative einem dem Eck, Ecke1 den Ecken
accusative ein das Eck die Ecke2, Ecken3

1Now rare, see notes.
2Southern Germany.
3Austria.

Derived terms

Further reading

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German egga.

Pronunciation

Noun

Eck m (plural Ecken or Ecker)

  1. corner

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Rhine Franconian Eck, from Middle High German egge, from Old High German egga, from Proto-West Germanic *aggju. Compare German Ecke, English edge.

Noun

Eck n (plural Ecke)

  1. corner
  2. angle
  3. section
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