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Ecke

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German

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Alternative forms

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  • Eck n (especially in the sense of “corner of a house”)

Etymology

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From Middle High German ecke, from Old High German egga, from Proto-West Germanic *aggju, from Proto-Germanic *agjō. Compare English edge.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɛkə/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛkə

Noun

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Ecke f (genitive Ecke, plural Ecken, diminutive Eckchen n)

  1. corner, edge
    Hyponyms: (seen from the inside) Winkel, Nische
    Ich habe mich an der Ecke vom Tisch gestoßen.I bumped into the corner of the table.
    Der Tisch steht in der Ecke.The table stands in the corner.
  2. a roughly triangular or quadrangular piece of something
    Gib mir mal eine kleine Ecke von dem Kuchen.
    Give me a small piece of the cake, please.
  3. (short for Hausecke, Straßenecke) corner of a house / of two streets
    Hier ist ein nettes Lokal gleich an der Ecke.
    There’s a nice restaurant right here on the corner.
  4. (chiefly colloquial) region, area, neighbourhood
    Ihr wohnt ja hier in ’ner ganz netten Ecke.You guys live in a nice area around here.
  5. (colloquial) bit, tad
    Es gibt Metal und Death-Metal, das ist dann nochmal ’ne Ecke härter.
    There’s metal and there’s death metal, which is a tad harder still.
  6. (graph theory) vertex, node
    Synonym: Knoten
  7. (ball games, short for Eckball or Eckstoß) corner, corner kick
    Synonym: (Switzerland, alternatively Austria) Corner
  8. (ball games, short for Torecke) one of the two areas of a goal near where the post and goalline meet; This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
    Coordinate term: (area between post and crossbar) Winkel

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Ecke” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Ecke” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Ecke” in Duden online
  • Ecke on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Pennsylvania German

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Noun

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Ecke

  1. plural of Eck
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