-beck

German

Alternative forms

  • -becke, -becken, -beek, -bek, -beke, -beken

Etymology

From Middle Low German bēke, from Old Saxon beki, from Proto-West Germanic *baki. Doublet of -bach.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛk/, (northern dated also) /beːk/

Suffix

-beck

  1. (no longer productive, only occuring in borrowings) Placename suffix found in northern Germany

Usage notes

  • Surnames in -beck are often derived from such placenames. However, they may also be compounds with unrelated Beck (“baker”), e.g. Brotbeck.

Derived terms

  • Ahlbeck
  • Averbeck
  • Berbeck
  • Billerbeck
  • Borbeck
  • Einbeck
  • Gembeck
  • Gladbeck
  • Havixbeck
  • Lübeck (alteration of a Slavic name)
  • Lutterbeck
  • Möllenbeck
  • Mühlbeck
  • Mühlenbeck
  • Niederbeck
  • Oberbeck
  • Overbeck
  • Scharmbeck
  • Schermbeck
  • Schmalbeck
  • Schönebeck
  • Sonsbeck
  • Steinbeck
  • Vorbeck
  • Wittenbeck
  • Wolbeck
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