Eck
See also: eck
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Eck (plural Ecks)
- A surname from German. — famously held by:
- Johann Eck (German scholastic theologian, 1486–1543)
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the surname Eck
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- 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 edit
- Johann Eck on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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Etymology edit
From Middle High German ecke, from Old High German ecka, from Proto-West Germanic *aggju, from Proto-Germanic *agjō.
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Eck n (plural Eckn, diminutive Eckerl)
- corner, edge
- a roughly triangular or quadrangular piece of something
- region; area; neighbourhood
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Eck m
- (Erzgebirgisch) a diminutive of the male given name Eckhardt
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Further reading edit
- 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[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 36:
German edit
Etymology edit
Variant of Ecke.
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Eck n (strong or mixed, genitive Eckes or Ecks, plural (southern Germany) Ecke or (Austria) Ecken)
- (Southern Germany, Austria) Synonym of Ecke f (“corner”)
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Declension of Eck [neuter, strong // mixed]
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Further reading edit
- “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.
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From Old High German egga.
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Pennsylvania German edit
Etymology edit
From Rhine Franconian Eck, from Middle High German egge, from Old High German egga, from Proto-West Germanic *aggju. Compare German Ecke, English edge.
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Eck n (plural Ecke)