Maske

See also: maske, måske, Mäske, and maskę

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Maske.

Proper noun

Maske (plural Maskes)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Maske is the 15571^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1878 individuals. Maske is most common among White (83.44%) and Black/African American (10.81%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Maske”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 528.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French masque.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaskə/
• Hyphenation: Mas‧ke

• Audio

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Noun

Maske f (genitive Maske, plural Masken)

1. mask
2. (film production or theater) workspace of an make-up artist

Declension

Declension of Maske [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Maske	die	Masken
genitive	einer	der	Maske	der	Masken
dative	einer	der	Maske	den	Masken
accusative	eine	die	Maske	die	Masken

Hypernyms

• Gesichtsbedeckung

Derived terms

• Atemschutzmaske
• Beatmungsmaske
• Brandschutzmaske
• Eishockeymaske
• Faschingsmaske
• Fechtmaske
• Filtermaske
• Frischluftmaske
• Ganzkörpermaske
• Gasmaske
• Gesichtsmaske
• Halbmaske
• Halloweenmaske
• Karnevalsmaske
• Maske machen
• Maskenball
• Maskenbildner
• Maskenträger
• Maskerade
• maskieren
• Sauerstoffmaske f (“oxygen mask”)
• Schönheitsmaske
• Schutzmaske
• Schweißschutzmaske
• Staubmaske
• Tauchmaske

 

Descendants

• → Hungarian: maszk

Further reading

• “Maske” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Maske” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Maske” in Duden online

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmaʃkə/

Noun

Maske f

1. plural of Mask