Anke
See also: anke
Alemannic German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German anke, from Old High German ancho, from Proto-West Germanic *ankwō. Cognate with Latin unguen (“fat, grease”) and Old Irish imb (“butter”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Anke m
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → German: Anke
Proper noun edit
Anke
- a surname
Further reading edit
- Schweizerisches Idiotikon. Wörterbuch der schweizerdeutschen Sprache[1] (in German), volume 1, 1885, column 341
- “Anke”, in Wörterbuch Berndeutsch-Deutsch (in German), berndeutsch.ch, 1999–2024
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle High German anko, from Old High German ancha. Related to Enkel (“ankle”).
Noun edit
Anke f (genitive Anken, plural Anken) or
Anke (rare) m (weak, genitive Anken, plural Anken)
Usage notes edit
Masculine form is rare.
Declension edit
Declension of Anke [feminine]
Declension of Anke [masculine (rare), weak]
Etymology 2 edit
Unclear.
Noun edit
Anke m (weak, genitive Anken, plural Anken)
Declension edit
Declension of Anke [masculine, weak]
Etymology 3 edit
From Low German Anke.
Proper noun edit
Anke f (proper noun, genitive Ankes or Anke, plural Anken or (colloquial) Ankes)
- a diminutive of the female given name Anna, from Low German
Declension edit
Declension of Anke [feminine]
Related terms edit
Etymology 4 edit
Borrowed from Alemannic German Anke.
Noun edit
Anke m (strong, genitive Anke, no plural)
- (dialectal, Switzerland) butter
- Synonym: Butter
Declension edit
Declension of Anke [sg-only, masculine, strong]
Alternative forms edit
Further reading edit
- “Anke” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Anke” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
German Low German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Anke
- (Low Prussian) a diminutive of the female given name Anna