Koch

See also: koch and köch

English

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /koʊk/, /kɑx/, /kʊk/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /kəʊk/, /kɒx/
  • Rhymes: -əʊk, -ɒx, -ʊk

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Koch

  1. A language of Meghalaya (India), Assam, Tripura, Manipur, West Bengal, Bihar, and Bangladesh.

Further reading

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Koch (“cook”), an occupational surname.

Proper noun

Koch (plural Kochs)

  1. A surname from German.
Derived terms

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Koch is the 698th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 49,395 individuals. Koch is most common among White (95.3%) individuals.

See also

Anagrams

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkox]

Proper noun

Koch m anim (female equivalent Kochová)

  1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Koch (velar masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative Koch Kochové
genitive Kocha Kochů
dative Kochovi Kochům
accusative Kocha Kochy
vocative Kochu Kochové
locative Kochovi Koších
instrumental Kochem Kochy

Further reading

  • “Koch”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔx/
  • Audio (Berlin); [kɔχ]:(file)
  • Audio (southern); [kox]:(file)

Etymology 1

From Middle High German koch, from Old High German choch, from Proto-West Germanic *kok (“a cook”).

Noun

Koch m (strong, genitive Kochs or Koches, plural Köche, feminine Köchin)

  1. cook (one who cooks; male or unspecified gender)
Declension
Declension of Koch [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Koch die Köche
genitive eines des Kochs, Koches der Köche
dative einem dem Koch, Koche1 den Köchen
accusative einen den Koch die Köche

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

Proper noun

Koch m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Kochs or (with an article) Koch, plural Kochs)

  1. a surname originating as an occupation
Declension
Declension of Koch [masculine // feminine, surname]
singular plural
masculine feminine
indef. def. noun indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative (ein) (der) Koch (eine) (die) Koch (die) Kochs
genitive (eines) (des) Kochs, Koch1 (einer) (der) Koch (der) Kochs
dative (einem) (dem) Koch (einer) (der) Koch (den) Kochs
accusative (einen) (den) Koch (eine) (die) Koch (die) Kochs

1With an article.

Descendants

  • ⇒ Translingual: Kochia

Etymology 2

From Middle High German koch, derived from the verb kochen (“to cook”).

Noun

Koch n (strong, genitive Kochs or Koches, no plural)

  1. (Austria, Bavaria) mush, porridge
Declension
Declension of Koch [sg-only, neuter, strong]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein das Koch
genitive eines des Kochs, Koches
dative einem dem Koch, Koche1
accusative ein das Koch

1Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kox/

Noun

Koch m (plural Kech, feminine Kechin)

  1. cook

Further reading

Plautdietsch

Noun

Koch m (plural Kochen)

  1. cook

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Koch.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔx/
  • Rhymes: -ɔx
  • Syllabification: Koch

Proper noun

Koch m pers

  1. a male surname from German

Declension

Declension of Koch
singular plural
nominative Koch Kochowie
genitive Kocha Kochów
dative Kochowi Kochom
accusative Kocha Kochów
instrumental Kochem Kochami
locative Kochu Kochach
vocative Kochu Kochowie

Proper noun

Koch f (indeclinable)

  1. a female surname from German

Further reading

  • Koch in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • “Koch”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022
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