Level

See also: level and levél

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French Level.

Proper noun

Level (plural Levels)

1. A surname from French.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Level is the 33810^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 673 individuals. Level is most common among White (60.18%) and Black/African American (30.01%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Level”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 429.

German

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English level. Doublet of Libelle and Niveau.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛvl̩/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Le‧vel

Noun

Level m or n (strong, genitive Levels, plural Levels or Level)

1. level (degree or amount)
2. (gaming or figurative) level (one of several discrete segments of a game)
   • 2023 April 24, Erik Peter, “Letzte Generation in Berlin: Kurz mal still gestanden”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Sicher ist: Die Letzte Generation hat an diesem Montag ihr nächstes Level erreicht.

     What is certain is that on Monday The Last Generation has reached its next level.

Declension

Declension of Level [masculine // neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der, das	Level	die	Levels, Level
genitive	eines	des	Levels	der	Levels, Level
dative	einem	dem	Level	den	Levels, Leveln
accusative	einen, ein	den, das	Level	die	Levels, Level

Derived terms

• leveln

Further reading

• “Level” in Duden online
• “Level” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache