Polka

See also: polka, polką, Polką, Poľka, Pólka, półka, and półką

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Czech, Slovak and Polish Polka.

Proper noun

Polka (plural Polkas)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Polka is the 35345^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 637 individuals. Polka is most common among White (95.13%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Polka”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• Palko, lo pak, pakol, pokal

Czech

Etymology

From Polák +‎ -ka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpolka]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -olka

Noun

Polka f (male equivalent Polák)

1. female Pole (female Polish person)

Declension

Declension of Polka (hard feminine reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	Polka	Polky
genitive	Polky	Polek
dative	Polce	Polkám
accusative	Polku	Polky
vocative	Polko	Polky
locative	Polce	Polkách
instrumental	Polkou	Polkami

Related terms

• Polák
• Polsko
• polský
• polština

 

Further reading

• “Polka”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “Polka”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Polka”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

Polka f (genitive Polka, plural Polkas)

1. polka (genre of dance and music)

Declension

Declension of Polka [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Polka	die	Polkas
genitive	einer	der	Polka	der	Polkas
dative	einer	der	Polka	den	Polkas
accusative	eine	die	Polka	die	Polkas

Further reading

• “Polka” in Duden online
• “Polka” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Lower Sorbian

Noun

Polka f

1. Superseded spelling of Pólka.

Polish

Etymology

From Polak +‎ -ka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔl.ka/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔlka
• Syllabification: Pol‧ka
• Homophone: polka

Noun

Polka f (male equivalent Polak, diminutive Poleczka)

1. Polish woman

Declension

Declension of Polka

	singular	plural
nominative	Polka	Polki
genitive	Polki	Polek
dative	Polce	Polkom
accusative	Polkę	Polki
instrumental	Polką	Polkami
locative	Polce	Polkach
vocative	Polko	Polki

Related terms

• Polak
• Polska

 

Further reading

• Polka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Polka in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɔlka]

Proper noun

Polka m pers (female equivalent Polková)

1. a male surname

Further reading

• “Polka”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024