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Bank

See also: bank, Bånk, Bánk, bänk, and Bänk

English edit

 Bank, Hampshire on Wikipedia

Etymology 1 edit

From Old English banc (“bank, hillock, embankment”), from Proto-Germanic *bankô.

Proper noun edit

Bank

  1. A village in the New Forest in Hampshire, England.
  2. (rail transport) A major London Underground station in the City of London, named after the Bank of England and one of the busiest stations on the network (OS grid ref TQ3281)
    • 2019 October 23, Paul Stephen delivers a progress report on London Underground's transformative Bank Station capacity upgrade, Rail, page 68:
      Anybody familiar with the London Underground network will know that Bank Tube station is a place to be avoided - if at all possible - on a weekday morning. Located at the very heart of London's 'Square Mile' financial district, some 70,000 people detrain there during the morning peak, to pass through its gatelines and those at the adjoining station at Monument. A further 50,000 passengers squeeze into the station complex at exactly the same time of day, in order to change between the five lines that pass through it.

Etymology 2 edit

 
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Various origins:

  • Borrowed from Dutch and German Bank (“bench”), a metonymic occupational surname for someone who worked with a bench or counter, like a money changer.
  • Borrowed from Danish and Swedish Bank, a topographic surname from bank (“sandbank”) or, alternatively, a nickname for a loud an noisy person, from bank (“noise”).

Proper noun edit

Bank (plural Banks)

  1. A surname.
Statistics edit
  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Bank is the 12953rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2371 individuals. Bank is most common among White (80.05%) and Black/African American (10.04%) individuals.

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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /baŋk/
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  • Rhymes: -aŋk

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle High German and Old High German banc, bank (“height”), from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz. Related to Old Saxon bank.

Noun edit

Bank f (genitive Bank, plural Bänke)

  1. bench (which people sit on); pew
  2. workbench (which things can be set down on)
  3. bank (collection of material in a body of water)
  4. (soccer) substitutes' bench
Declension edit
Declension of Bank [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Bank die Bänke
genitive einer der Bank der Bänke
dative einer der Bank den Bänken
accusative eine die Bank die Bänke
Hyponyms edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • → Danish: bank
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: bank

Etymology 2 edit

Borrowed from Italian banco (“bench, bank”), from the same Old High German word banc, bank (“height”) as above.

Noun edit

Bank f (genitive Bank, plural Banken)

  1. bank (financial institution)
  2. a facility for storage of a particular thing
Declension edit
Declension of Bank [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Bank die Banken
genitive einer der Bank der Banken
dative einer der Bank den Banken
accusative eine die Bank die Banken
Hyponyms edit
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit

Some descendants may be via other European languages.

Further reading edit

Luxembourgish edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German bank, from Old High German bank.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

Bank f (plural Banken)

  1. bank (financial institution)

Pennsylvania German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German bank, from Old High German bank. Compare German Bank, Dutch bank, English bench.

Noun edit

Bank f (plural Benk)

  1. bench
  2. workbench

Plautdietsch edit

Etymology edit

Ultimately from Italian banco, itself from Proto-West Germanic *banki, from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bulge; bench”).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

Bank f (plural Banken)

  1. bank
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