Beck

See also: beck and béck

Translingual

Proper noun

Beck

1. 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)

1. A surname.
2. An unincorporated community in Covington County, Alabama, United States, likely named after the Beck family.
3. 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

• Beck's scale
• Beckton

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Beck is the 328^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 93,786 individuals. Beck is most common among White (90.27%) individuals.

See also

• Becker
• Beck-Ibrahim disease
• Beckman

 

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)

1. baker

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛt͡sk]

Proper noun

Beck m anim (female equivalent Becková)

1. a male surname from German

Declension

Declension of Beck (velar masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Beck	Beckové
genitive	Becka	Becků
dative	Beckovi	Beckům
accusative	Becka	Becky
vocative	Becku	Beckové
locative	Beckovi	Becích
instrumental	Beckem	Becky

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

1. (Erzgebirgisch) baker

Noun

Beck

1. plural of Buuk

Further reading

• 2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, 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^[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 21:

German

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)

1. (archaic to obsolete) baker

Declension

Declension of Beck [masculine, weak]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Beck	die	Becken
genitive	eines	des	Becken	der	Becken
dative	einem	dem	Becken	den	Becken
accusative	einen	den	Becken	die	Becken

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)

1. a surname

Descendants

• → English: Beck

See also

• Becker
• Beckmann

 

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)

1. (falconry) The beak of a bird of prey.

Declension

Declension of Beck [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Beck	die	Becke
genitive	eines	des	Beckes, Becks	der	Becke
dative	einem	dem	Beck, Becke1	den	Becken
accusative	einen	den	Beck	die	Becke

¹Now rare, see notes.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbɛk]
• Hyphenation: Beck
• Rhymes: -ɛk

Proper noun

Beck

1. a surname

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Beck	Beckek
accusative	Becket	Beckeket
dative	Becknek	Beckeknek
instrumental	Beckkel	Beckekkel
causal-final	Beckért	Beckekért
translative	Beckké	Beckekké
terminative	Beckig	Beckekig
essive-formal	Beckként	Beckekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Beckben	Beckekben
superessive	Becken	Beckeken
adessive	Becknél	Beckeknél
illative	Beckbe	Beckekbe
sublative	Beckre	Beckekre
allative	Beckhez	Beckekhez
elative	Beckből	Beckekből
delative	Beckről	Beckekről
ablative	Becktől	Beckektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	Becké	Beckeké
non-attributive possessive - plural	Beckéi	Beckekéi

Possessive forms of Beck
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Beckem	Beckjeim
2nd person sing.	Becked	Beckjeid
3rd person sing.	Beckje	Beckjei
1st person plural	Beckünk	Beckjeink
2nd person plural	Becketek	Beckjeitek
3rd person plural	Beckjük	Beckjeik