Wernicke

English

Etymology

A variant of Werner.

Proper noun

Wernicke

1. A surname from German.

Derived terms

• Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome
• Wernicke's area

References

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

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛʁnɪkə/
• Hyphenation: Wer‧ni‧cke; pre-1996: Wer‧nik‧ke

Proper noun

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

1. a surname