Ecke
German
Alternative forms
- Eck n (especially in the sense of “corner of a house”)
Etymology
From Middle High German ecke, from Old High German egga, from Proto-West Germanic *aggju, from Proto-Germanic *agjō. Compare English edge.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛkə/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ɛkə
Noun
Ecke f (genitive Ecke, plural Ecken, diminutive Eckchen n)
- corner, edge
- 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.
- (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.
- (chiefly colloquial) region, area, neighbourhood
- Ihr wohnt ja hier in ’ner ganz netten Ecke. ― You guys live in a nice area around here.
- (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.
- (graph theory) vertex, node
- Synonym: Knoten
- (ball games, short for Eckball or Eckstoß) corner, corner kick
- Synonym: (Switzerland, alternatively Austria) Corner
- (ball games, short for Torecke) one of the two areas of a goal near where the post and goalline meet; bottom or lower corner
- Coordinate term: (area between post and crossbar) Winkel
Declension
Declension of Ecke [feminine]
Derived terms
- eckig
- anecken
- an der Ecke, die Ecke
- um die Ecke bringen, um die Ecke
Related terms
- Dreieck, Dreiländereck, Fünfeck, Sechseck, Vieleck, Viereck, Vierzigeck, Achtundzwanzigeck
- Eckdaten, Eckfenster, Eckhaus, Eckkneipe, Ecklampe, Eckpapier, Eckpunkt, Ecktisch
Further reading
- “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
Noun
Ecke
- plural of Eck