Ranke

See also: ranke

German

Etymology

From Middle High German ranke, from Old High German hranca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʁaŋkə]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Hyphenation: Ran‧ke
• Rhymes: -aŋkə

Noun

Ranke f (genitive Ranke, plural Ranken, diminutive Ränkchen n)

1. tendril (of vine)

Declension

Declension of Ranke [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Ranke	die	Ranken
genitive	einer	der	Ranke	der	Ranken
dative	einer	der	Ranke	den	Ranken
accusative	eine	die	Ranke	die	Ranken

Further reading

• “Ranke” in Duden online
• “Ranke” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Ranke”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891