Stork
English
editEtymology
editTwo main origins:
- English surname from stork, a nickname for a thin man with long legs.
- Borrowed from German Stork, probably a nickname or a habitational surname from a place in Hesse.
Proper noun
editStork (plural Storks)
- A surname.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Stork is the 9415th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3454 individuals. Stork is most common among White (94.53%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Stork”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Dutch
editEtymology
editFirst attested as Storck around 1680. Derived from Dutch Low Saxon stork (“stork, Ciconia ciconia”). Originally the name of a farmhouse, which was named in turn for three storks' nests located on its premises.
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editStork n
- A hamlet in Eemsdelta, Groningen, Netherlands.
References
edit- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
German Low German
editNoun
editStork m (plural Störk)
Synonyms
editReferences
edit- Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, →ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from German
- English terms derived from German
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English surnames
- English surnames from nicknames
- English surnames from German
- Dutch terms derived from Dutch Low Saxon
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɔrk
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɔrk/1 syllable
- Dutch terms with homophones
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Villages in Groningen, Netherlands
- nl:Villages in the Netherlands
- nl:Places in Groningen, Netherlands
- nl:Places in the Netherlands
- German Low German lemmas
- German Low German nouns
- German Low German masculine nouns
- nds-de:Animals
- nds-de:Birds