Bank

See also: bank, Bánk, bänk, and Bänk

German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baŋk/
Bank (file)
Rhymes: -aŋk

Etymology 1

From Old High German banc, bank (“height”), from Proto-Germanic *bankiz. Related to Old Saxon bank.

Noun

Bank f (genitive Bank, plural Bänke)

bench (which people sit on); pew
workbench (which things can be set down on)
bank (collection of material in a body of water)
(soccer) substitutes' bench

Declension

Declension of Bank

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Bank	die	Bänke
genitive	einer	der	Bank	der	Bänke
dative	einer	der	Bank	den	Bänken
accusative	eine	die	Bank	die	Bänke

Derived terms

Terms derived from Bank

auf die lange Bank schieben
Austernbank
Bänkelsänger
Fensterbank

Kirchenbank
Klopfbank
Korallenbank

Nebelbank
Sandbank
Wolkenbank

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian banco (“bench, bank”), from the same Old High German word banc, bank (“height”) as above.

Noun

Bank f (genitive Bank, plural Banken)

bank (financial institution)
a facility for storage of a particular thing:

Declension

Declension of Bank

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Bank	die	Banken
genitive	einer	der	Bank	der	Banken
dative	einer	der	Bank	den	Banken
accusative	eine	die	Bank	die	Banken

Derived terms

Terms derived from Bank

Bankgeheimnis
Bankier
Bankkauffrau

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bɑŋk/
- Rhymes: -ɑŋk

Noun

Bank f (plural Banken)

bank (financial institution)

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Old High German bank. Compare German Bank, Dutch bank, English bench.

Noun

Bank f (plural Benk)

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