Sobek

See also: sobek

English

Statues of Egyptian gods Sobek and_Horus at Hamilton Gardens in New Zealand. The gardens are located in the Waikato region, alongside the Waikato River.

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Egyptian (sbk).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoʊbɪk/, /ˈsoʊbək/

Proper noun

Sobek

1. (Egyptian mythology) An ancient Egyptian deity associated with the crocodile.

Translations

Translations

• Coptic: ⲥⲟⲩⲕ m (souk)
• Egyptian: (sbk)
• French: Sobek (fr) m
• Greek: Σούχος (Soúchos)
  • Ancient: Σοῦχος (Soûkhos)
• Latin: Sūchus
• Polish: Sobek (pl) m
• Portuguese: Suco m

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Polish Sobek.

Proper noun

Sobek (plural Sobeks)

1. A surname from Polish.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sobek is the 37180^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 600 individuals. Sobek is most common among White (96.33%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Sobek”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• bokes

Czech

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsobɛk]

Proper noun

Sobek m anim (female equivalent Sobková)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Sobek (velar masculine animate reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	Sobek	Sobkové
genitive	Sobka	Sobků
dative	Sobkovi	Sobkům
accusative	Sobka	Sobky
vocative	Sobku	Sobkové
locative	Sobkovi	Sobcích
instrumental	Sobkem	Sobky

Further reading

• “Sobek”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

German

Alternative forms

• Zobek, Zoubek

Etymology

From Czech Zoubek, from zoubek (“little tooth”) or Polish Sobek

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzobɛk/, /ˈsobɛk/

Proper noun

Sobek m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Sobeks or (with an article) Sobek, feminine genitive Sobek, plural Sobeks)

1. a surname

Polish

Sobek

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɔ.bɛk/
• Rhymes: -ɔbɛk
• Syllabification: So‧bek
• Homophone: sobek

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from New Latin Sobek.

Proper noun

Sobek m pers

1. (Egyptian mythology) Sobek (ancient Egyptian god of pharaonic power, fertility, and military prowess, commonly depicted with the head of a crocodile)

Declension

Declension of Sobek

	singular
nominative	Sobek
genitive	Sobka
dative	Sobkowi
accusative	Sobka
instrumental	Sobkiem
locative	Sobku
vocative	Sobku

Etymology 2

From sobek.

Proper noun

Sobek m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Sobek

	singular	plural
nominative	Sobek	Sobkowie
genitive	Sobka	Sobków
dative	Sobkowi	Sobkom
accusative	Sobka	Sobków
instrumental	Sobkiem	Sobkami
locative	Sobku	Sobkach
vocative	Sobku	Sobkowie

Proper noun

Sobek f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname

Further reading

• Sobek in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Sobek in PWN's encyclopedia
• “Sobek”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsɔbek]

Proper noun

Sobek m pers (female equivalent Sobeková)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Sobek (pattern chlap)

	singular	plural 1	plural 2
nominative	Sobek	Sobekovia	Sobekovci
genitive	Sobeka	Sobekov	Sobekovcov
dative	Sobekovi	Sobekom	Sobekovcom
accusative	Sobeka	Sobekov	Sobekovcov
locative	Sobekovi	Sobekoch	Sobekovcoch
instrumental	Sobekom	Sobekmi	Sobekovcami

Further reading

• “Sobek”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025