Lake
English edit
Etymology edit
Derived from the noun lake.
Proper noun edit
Lake (countable and uncountable, plural Lakes)
- A surname.
- A unisex given name.
- A placename:
- A place in England:
- A large village and civil parish on the Isle of Wight (OS grid ref SZ5983).
- A settlement in Wilsford cum Lake parish, Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU1339).
- A number of places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Fremont County, Idaho.
- An unincorporated community in Laurel County, Kentucky.
- An unincorporated community in Ascension Parish, Louisiana.
- An unincorporated community in Baltimore County, Maryland.
- An unincorporated community in Garfield Township, Clare County, Michigan.
- A town in Newton County and Scott County, Mississippi.
- An unincorporated community in Tulsa County, Oklahoma.
- An unincorporated community in Northumberland County, Virginia.
- An unincorporated community in Logan County, West Virginia.
- A town in Marinette County, Wisconsin.
- A former town in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, annexed by the city of Milwaukee in 1954.
- A town in Price County, Wisconsin.
- A number of townships, listed under Lake Township.
- A place in England:
Derived terms edit
Anagrams edit
German edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle Low German lāke, from Old Saxon laca, from Proto-West Germanic *laku, from Proto-Germanic *lakō (“lake, pool”). Originally the same word as Lache (“puddle”), which see for more.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Lake f (genitive Lake, plural Laken)
- brine (saltwater used for pickling)
Usage notes edit
- A pleonastic compound Salzlake is often used instead of the simplex.
Declension edit
Declension of Lake [feminine]
Further reading edit
- “Lake” in Duden online
German Low German edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German lāke, from Old Saxon laca (attested in placenames), from Proto-West Germanic *laku, from Proto-Germanic *lakō. More at lake.
Noun edit
Lake f (plural Laken)