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German
Etymology
From Middle High German ecke, from Old High German ecka, from Proto-West Germanic *aggju, from Proto-Germanic *agjō. Compare English edge.
Pronunciation
Noun
Ecke f (genitive Ecke, plural Ecken, diminutive Eckchen n)
- corner, edge
- Der Tisch steht in der Ecke. ― The table stands in the corner.
- a roughly triangular or quadrangular piece of something
Gib mir mal eine kleine Ecke von dem Kuchen.- Give me a small piece of the cake, please.
- (chiefly colloquial) region; area; neighbourhood
Ihr wohnt ja hier in ’ner ganz netten Ecke.- You guys live in a nice area around here.
- (graph theory) vertex, node
- Synonym: Knoten
- (sports) corner, corner kick
- Synonyms: Corner, Eckball, Eckstoß
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
- Dreieck, Dreiländereck, Fünfeck, Sechseck, Vieleck, Viereck, Vierzigeck, Achtundzwanzigeck
- Eckdaten, Eckfenster, Eckhaus, Eckkneipe, Ecklampe, Eckpapier, Eckpunkt, Ecktisch
Further reading
- “Ecke” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Ecke” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Ecke” in Duden online
- Ecke on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Pennsylvania German
Noun
Ecke
- plural of Eck