Ranke
See also: ranke
German
Etymology
From Middle High German ranke, from Old High German hranca.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʁaŋkə]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Ran‧ke
- Rhymes: -aŋkə
Noun
Ranke f (genitive Ranke, plural Ranken, diminutive Ränkchen n)
- tendril (of vine)
Declension
Declension of Ranke [feminine]
Further reading
- “Ranke” in Duden online
- “Ranke” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Ranke”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891