Bank

See also bank

German

Etymology 1

From the Old High German banc, bank ("height"), from a Germanic root *banki-. Related to the Old Saxon bank.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [baŋk], plural: IPA: [ˈbɛŋkə]

• Bank

  (file)

  , plural:

  Bänke

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aŋk

Noun

Bank f (genitive Bank, plural Bänke)

1. bench (which people sit on); workbench (which things can be set down on); pew
2. a collection of material in a body of water:

   Sandbank — sandbank

   Korallenbank — coral reef

   Austernbank — bed of oysters

3. bank:

   Wolkenbank — cloudbank

   Nebelbank — (bank of, belt of) fog

4. (soccer) substitutes' bench

Declension

declension of Bank

	singular			plural
f gender	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

• Fensterbank
• Sandbank
• auf die lange Bank schieben
• Bänkelsänger

Etymology 2

From the Italian banco ("bench, bank"), from the same Old High German root banc, bank ("height") as above.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [baŋk], plural: IPA: [ˈbaŋkn̩]

• Bank

  (file)

  , plural:

  Banken

  (file)

Noun

Bank f (genitive Bank, plural Banken)

1. bank (financial institution)

   Zentralbank — central bank

2. a facility for storage of a particular thing:

   Blutbank — bloodbank

   Samenbank — sperm bank

   Datenbank — databank

Declension

declension of Bank

	singular			plural
f gender	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

• Bankgeheimnis
• Bankier
• Bankkauffrau
• Bankkaufmann
• Banknote
• Blutbank
• Datenbank