Anke
See also: anke
Alemannic German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German anke, from Old High German ancho, from Proto-West Germanic *ankwō. Cognate with Latin unguen (“fat, grease”) and Old Irish imb (“butter”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editAnke m
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → German: Anke
Proper noun
editAnke
- a surname
Further reading
edit- Schweizerisches Idiotikon. Wörterbuch der schweizerdeutschen Sprache[1] (in German), volume 1, 1885, column 341
- “Anke”, in Wörterbuch Berndeutsch-Deutsch (in German), berndeutsch.ch, 1999–2024
German
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle High German anko, from Old High German ancha. Related to Enkel (“ankle”).
Noun
editAnke f (genitive Anken, plural Anken) or
Anke (rare) m (weak, genitive Anken, plural Anken)
Usage notes
editMasculine form is rare.
Declension
editDeclension of Anke [feminine]
Declension of Anke [masculine (rare), weak]
Etymology 2
editUnclear.
Noun
editAnke m (weak, genitive Anken, plural Anken)
Declension
editDeclension of Anke [masculine, weak]
Etymology 3
editFrom Low German Anke.
Proper noun
editAnke f (proper noun, genitive Ankes or Anke, plural Anken or (colloquial) Ankes)
- a diminutive of the female given name Anna, from Low German
Declension
editDeclension of Anke [feminine]
Related terms
editEtymology 4
editBorrowed from Alemannic German Anke.
Noun
editAnke m (strong, genitive Anke, no plural)
- (dialectal, Switzerland) butter
- Synonym: Butter
Declension
editDeclension of Anke [sg-only, masculine, strong]
Alternative forms
editFurther reading
edit- “Anke” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Anke” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
German Low German
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editProper noun
editAnke
- (Low Prussian) a diminutive of the female given name Anna
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