Bank

See also: bank, Bánk, bänk, and Bänk

English

Etymology

From Old English banc (“bank, hillock, embankment”).

Proper noun

Bank

  1. A village in the New Forest in Hampshire, England.

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /baŋk/
  • Bank(file)
  • Rhymes: -aŋk

Etymology 1

From Old High German banc, bank (“height”), from Proto-Germanic *bankiz. Related to Old Saxon bank.

Noun

Bank f (genitive Bank, plural Bänke)

  1. bench (which people sit on); pew
  2. workbench (which things can be set down on)
  3. bank (collection of material in a body of water)
  4. (soccer) substitutes' bench
Declension
Declension of Bank
singular plural
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

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian banco (“bench, bank”), from the same Old High German word banc, bank (“height”) as above.

Noun

Bank f (genitive Bank, plural Banken)

  1. bank (financial institution)
  2. a facility for storage of a particular thing:
Declension
Declension of Bank
singular plural
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

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /baŋk/, [bɑŋk]
    • Rhymes: -ɑŋk

Noun

Bank f (plural Banken)

  1. bank (financial institution)

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

From Old High German bank. Compare German Bank, Dutch bank, English bench.

Noun

Bank f (plural Benk)

  1. bench
  2. workbench

Plautdietsch

Noun

Bank f (plural Banken)

  1. bank
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