Nocke

German

Alternative forms

Nocken

Etymology

Probably a variant of Nock (“yardarm”), itself from a Low German word meaning "the protruding end of something," probably ultimately related to similar sounding words such as Dutch nok (“ridge of a roof”), English nook, Faroese nakkur (“steep, protruding promontory”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

Nocke f (genitive Nocke, plural Nocken)

(Austria) gnocchi
(Bavaria, Austria, colloquial, derogatory, obsolete) stupid, conceited woman

Declension

Declension of Nocke [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Nocke	die	Nocken
genitive	einer	der	Nocke	der	Nocken
dative	einer	der	Nocke	den	Nocken
accusative	eine	die	Nocke	die	Nocken