Eck

See also: eck

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

• Eckian

Translations

the surname Eck

Latin: Eckius m

Statistics

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

Further reading

• Johann Eck on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• EKC

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• Eckn

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

• Eckhaus
• im Eck sei

East Central German

Proper noun

Eck m

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

Related terms

• Eckie
• Eckl

Further reading

• Hendrik Heidler (11 June 2020), 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 (in German), 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 36

German

Etymology

Variant of Ecke.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛk/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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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 [neuter, strong // mixed]

	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

• Dreiländereck

Further reading

• “Eck” in Duden online
• “Eck” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Eck” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German egga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æk/
  • Rhymes: -æk

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