Polka

See also: polka, polką, Polką, Poľka, Pólka, półka, and półką

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Czech, Slovak and Polish Polka.

Proper noun

Polka (plural Polkas)

  1. A surname.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Polka is the 35345th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 637 individuals. Polka is most common among White (95.13%) individuals.

Further reading

Anagrams

Czech

Etymology

From Polák +‎ -ka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpolka]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -olka

Noun

Polka f (male equivalent Polák)

  1. female Pole (female Polish person)

Declension

Further reading

German

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Noun

Polka f (genitive Polka, plural Polkas)

  1. polka (genre of dance and music)

Declension

Further reading

  • Polka” in Duden online
  • Polka” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Lower Sorbian

Noun

Polka f

  1. superseded spelling of Pólka

Polish

Etymology

From Polak +‎ -ka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔl.ka/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔlka
  • Syllabification: Pol‧ka
  • Homophone: polka

Noun

Polka f (male equivalent Polak, diminutive Poleczka)

  1. Polish woman

Declension

Further reading

  • Polka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Polka in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Slovak

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈpɔlka]

Proper noun

Polka m pers (female equivalent Polková)

  1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Polka
(pattern hrdina)
singularplural 1plural 2
nominativePolkaPolkoviaPolkovci
genitivePolkuPolkovPolkovcov
dativePolkoviPolkomPolkovcom
accusativePolkuPolkovPolkovcov
locativePolkoviPolkochPolkovcoch
instrumentalPolkomPolkamiPolkovcami

Further reading

  • Polka”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025