Necker
See also: necker
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom French Necker, from German Necker.
Proper noun
editNecker (countable and uncountable, plural Neckers)
- (countable) A surname from French.
- Ellipsis of Necker Island.; An island in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Hawaiian Islands, Pacific Ocean in Hawaii, United States; named after Jacques Necker
Synonyms
edit- (Necker, Hawaii, USA): Necker Island, Mokumanamana
Translations
editNecker, HI, US
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Etymology 2
editProper noun
editNecker
- Ellipsis of Necker Island. An island in the British Virgin Islands, United Kingdom, in the West Indies, Caribbean, Atlantic Ocean; named after Jonathan de Neckere
Synonyms
edit- (Necker, BVI, UK): Necker Island
Etymology 3
editProper noun
editNecker (plural Neckers)
- A surname from German.
Derived terms
editFrench
editEtymology
editProper noun
editNecker ?
- a surname from German, equivalent to English Necker
- Ellipsis of île Necker.; An island in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Hawaiian Islands, Pacific Ocean in Hawaii, United States; named for Jacques Necker, finance minister to Louis XVI, in 1798, by French explorer Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse
German
editEtymology
editSouth German surname, habitational surname for someone living on the Neckar river, or from the noun Nock (“hilltop rock”), used often in Austria, of uncertain origin, but possibly a Celtic borrowing from Proto-Celtic *knukkos (“hill, protuberance”).
Pronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Proper noun
editNecker m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Neckers or (with an article) Necker, feminine genitive Necker, plural Neckers or Necker)
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