Lake

See also: lake, Lãke, läke, and lakë

English

Proper noun

Lake

A surname.
A large village on the Isle of Wight, England
A town in Mississippi
One of two towns in Wisconsin

Derived terms

Lake City

Anagrams

Alek, Kale, Leak, kale, leak

German

Etymology

From Middle Low German lāke, from Proto-Germanic *lakō (“lake, pool”). Originally the same word as Lache (“puddle”), which see for more.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈlaːkə/

Noun

Lake f (genitive Lake, plural Laken)

brine (saltwater used for pickling)

Usage notes

A pleonastic compound Salzlake is often used instead of the simplex.

Declension

Declension of Lake

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Lake	die	Laken
genitive	einer	der	Lake	der	Laken
dative	einer	der	Lake	den	Laken
accusative	eine	die	Lake	die	Laken

Further reading

Lake in Duden online

German Low German

Alternative forms

Laak

Etymology

From Middle Low German lāke, from Old Saxon laca (attested in placenames), from Proto-Germanic *lakō. More at lake.

Noun

Lake f (plural Laken)

The small, naturally occurring outflow or drainage of a lowland or swamp

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