Stech

See also: Štěch

English

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Stech

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from Czech and Slovak Štěch.

Proper noun

Stech (plural Steches)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Stech is the 38332^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 578 individuals. Stech is most common among White (93.94%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Stech”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• chest, chets, Tesch, techs, Chets, Chest

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• Steech (parts of western Ripuarian)
• Stöch, Stoch (Eifel, northern Westerwald)

Etymology

From Middle High German stich, from Proto-Germanic *stikiz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃteɕ/
• IPA^(key): /ʃtɛɕ/ (parts of Eifel, northern Westerwald; singular only)

Noun

Stech m (plural Stech, diminutive Stechelche)

1. stitch, prick, stab
2. (card games) trick

Derived terms

• em Stech loße

Related terms

• stääche