Rock

See also rock, the Rock, and The Rock

English

Wikipedia

Proper noun

Rock

1. A topographic surname for someone living near a rock or an oak ( atter + oke ).
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. (preceded by "the" or "The") Nickname of Gibraltar.
4. (preceded by "the" or "The") Nickname of the prison on Alcatraz Island, USA.
5. (Canada, preceded by "the" or "The") Nickname of the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

Usage notes

• The given name is rare, but had some vogue in the 1950s due to an American film star named Rock Hudson.
• When used as a nickname for Gibraltar, Alcatraz prison, or Newfoundland, the preceding the is often capitalized.

Anagrams

• cork, Cork

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German

Etymology 1

From Old High German roc.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʀɔk/

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Noun

Rock m (genitive Rocks or Rockes, plural Röcke)

1. skirt (garment)

Declension

declension of Rock

	singular			plural
m gender	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Rock	die	Röcke
genitive	eines	des	Rockes, Rocks	der	Röcke
dative	einem	dem	Rock, Rocke (archaic)	den	Röcken
accusative	einen	den	Rock	die	Röcke

Etymology 2

From English rock.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʀɔk/, /rɔk/

• audio

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Noun

Rock m (genitive Rocks, no plural)

1. rock (style of music)

Declension

declension of Rock

m gender	article	noun
nominative	der	Rock
genitive	des	Rocks
dative	dem	Rock
accusative	den	Rock