Beck
Translingual edit
Proper noun edit
Beck
- A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Günther von Mannagetta und Lërchenau Beck (1856-1931).
Further reading edit
English edit
Etymology edit
- As a German surname, from Beck (“stream, brook”), see also Old Norse bekkr. Also a spelling variant of Becker (“baker”).
- As a Hebrew surname, shortened from בני (B'nei) קדושים (Kdoshim, “sons of the martyrs”).
Proper noun edit
Beck (countable and uncountable, plural Becks)
- A surname.
- An unincorporated community in Covington County, Alabama, United States, likely named after the Beck family.
- The River Beck, or The Beck, a minor river in south-east Greater London, England, which becomes the Pool River before joining the Ravensbourne.
Derived terms edit
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Beck is the 328th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 93,786 individuals. Beck is most common among White (90.27%) individuals.
See also edit
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Beck”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 123.
Alemannic German edit
Etymology edit
from Middle High German becke, from Old High German becko, ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *bakārijaz (“baker”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Beck m (plural Becke)
East Central German edit
Etymology edit
from Middle High German becke, from Old High German becko, ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *bakārijaz (“baker”).
Noun edit
Beck m
Noun edit
Beck
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 21:
German edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle High German becke, from Old High German becko, ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *bakārijaz (“baker”). Doublet of Bäcker.
Noun edit
Beck m (weak, genitive Becken, plural Becken)
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Descendants edit
- → Kajkavian Serbo-Croatian: pek
Proper noun edit
Beck m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Becks or (with an article) Beck, feminine genitive Beck, plural Becks)
- a surname
Descendants edit
- → English: Beck
See also edit
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle Low German beck, probably through Dutch bek, from Middle Dutch bec, from Middle French bec (“beak”) or Old French bec, from Vulgar Latin beccus, probably from Gaulish. Compare modern French bec, English beak.
Noun edit
Beck m (strong, genitive Beckes or Becks, plural Becke)
- (falconry) The beak of a bird of prey.
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Hungarian edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Beck
- a surname
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Beck | Beckek |
accusative | Becket | Beckeket |
dative | Becknek | Beckeknek |
instrumental | Beckkel | Beckekkel |
causal-final | Beckért | Beckekért |
translative | Beckké | Beckekké |
terminative | Beckig | Beckekig |
essive-formal | Beckként | Beckekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Beckben | Beckekben |
superessive | Becken | Beckeken |
adessive | Becknél | Beckeknél |
illative | Beckbe | Beckekbe |
sublative | Beckre | Beckekre |
allative | Beckhez | Beckekhez |
elative | Beckből | Beckekből |
delative | Beckről | Beckekről |
ablative | Becktől | Beckektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Becké | Beckeké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Beckéi | Beckekéi |
Possessive forms of Beck | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Beckem | Beckjeim |
2nd person sing. | Becked | Beckjeid |
3rd person sing. | Beckje | Beckjei |
1st person plural | Beckünk | Beckjeink |
2nd person plural | Becketek | Beckjeitek |
3rd person plural | Beckjük | Beckjeik |