Bank
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German [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
From the Old High German banc, bank ("height"), from a Germanic root *banki-. Related to the Old Saxon bank.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
Bank f (genitive Bank, plural Bänke)
- bench (which people sit on); workbench (which things can be set down on); pew
- a collection of material in a body of water:
- Sandbank — sandbank
- Korallenbank — coral reef
- Austernbank — bed of oysters
- bank:
- Wolkenbank — cloudbank
- Nebelbank — (bank of, belt of) fog
- (soccer) substitutes' bench
Declension [edit]
declension of Bank
Derived terms [edit]
Etymology 2 [edit]
From the Italian banco ("bench, bank"), from the same Old High German root banc, bank ("height") as above.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
Bank f (genitive Bank, plural Banken)
Declension [edit]
declension of Bank