Beck

== Translingual == === Proper noun === Beck A botanical plant name author abbreviation for botanist Günther von Mannagetta und Lërchenau Beck (1856-1931). === Further reading === Author query of the International Plant Names Index == English == === Etymology === 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 === 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 ==== ==== Statistics ==== 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 === === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Beck”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 123. == Alemannic German == === Etymology === from Middle High German becke, from Old High German becko, ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *bakārijaz (“baker”). === Pronunciation === (Zürich) IPA(key): /bek/ === Noun === Beck m (plural Becke) baker == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈbɛk] === Proper noun === Beck m anim (female equivalent Becková) a male surname from German ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Beck”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech) == East Central German == === Etymology === from Middle High German becke, from Old High German becko, ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *bakārijaz (“baker”). === Noun === Beck m (Erzgebirgisch) baker === Noun === Beck plural of Buuk === Further reading === Hendrik Heidler (11 June 2020), 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[2] (in German), 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 21 == German == === Pronunciation === === Etymology 1 === From Middle High German becke, from Old High German becko, ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *bakārijaz (“baker”). Doublet of Bäcker. ==== Noun ==== Beck m (weak, genitive Becken, plural Becken) (archaic to obsolete) baker ===== Declension ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Kajkavian Serbo-Croatian: pek ==== Proper noun ==== Beck m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Becks or (with an article) Beck, feminine genitive Beck, plural Becks) a surname ===== Descendants ===== → English: Beck ===== See also ===== === Etymology 2 === 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 ==== Beck m (strong, genitive Beckes or Becks, plural Becke) (falconry) The beak of a bird of prey. ===== Declension ===== == Hungarian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈbɛk] Hyphenation: Beck Rhymes: -ɛk === Proper noun === Beck a surname ==== Declension ==== == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Beck. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɛt͡sk/ Rhymes: -ɛt͡sk Syllabification: Beck === Proper noun === Beck m pers a male surname ==== Declension ==== === Proper noun === Beck f (indeclinable, traditional married form Beckowa, traditional unmarried form Beckówna) a female surname === Further reading === “Beck”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2025–2030