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See also:rockandröck

English

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EnglishWikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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CompareRoch.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Rock

  1. Atopographicsurname from Middle English for someone living near arock or anoak (atter +oke ).
    • 2022 June 1, Kristen Rogers, “What causes alopecia, a ‘devastating’ hair loss condition affecting Jada Pinkett Smith”, inCNN[1]:
      Jada Pinkett Smith found herself at the center of conflict when her husband Will Smith slapped comedian ChrisRock at the Oscars ceremony March 27.Rock joked about Pinkett Smith’s shaved head – a look she has said is more than a style preference.
  2. A malegiven name transferred from the surname.
  3. A number of places inEngland:
    1. Acoastalvillage inSt Minver Lowlands parish, northCornwall(OS grid ref SW9375).
    2. Ahamlet inMembury parish,East Devon district,Devon(OS grid ref ST2702).[1]
    3. Avillage inRennington parish, northernNorthumberland(OS grid ref NU2020).
    4. Ahamlet inCurry Mallet parish,South Somerset district andNorth Curry parish,Somerset West and Taunton district,Somerset(OS grid ref ST3222).[2]
    5. Ahamlet inWashington parish,Horsham district,West Sussex(OS grid ref TQ1214).
    6. Avillage andcivil parish inWyre Forest district,Worcestershire(OS grid ref SO7371).[3]
  4. A place inWales:
    1. Ahamlet inBlackwood community,Caerphilly borough county borough(OS grid ref ST1898).[4]
    2. Ahamlet north-east ofCwmavon,Neath Port Talbot borough county borough(OS grid ref SS7993).
  5. The Rock, avillage south-west ofCookstown,CountyTyrone,Northern Ireland.
  6. A number of places in theUnited States:
    1. Anunincorporated community inCowley County,Kansas.
    2. Anunincorporated community inMaple Ridge Township,Delta County,Michigan.
    3. Anunincorporated community inMercer County,West Virginia.
    4. Atown inRock County,Wisconsin.
    5. Atown inWood County,Wisconsin.
    6. A number oftownships in theUnited States, listed underRock Township.
  7. the Rock
    1. (preceded by "the" or "The")Nickname ofGibraltar.
    2. (Australia, preceded by "the" or "The")Nickname ofUluru.
    3. (preceded by "the" or "The") Nickname of theprison onAlcatrazIsland, USA.
    4. (Canada, preceded by "the" or "The") Nickname of the island ofNewfoundland in the Canadian province ofNewfoundland and Labrador.

Usage notes

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  • The given name is rare, but had some vogue in the 1950s due to an American film star namedRock Hudson.
  • When used as a nickname for Gibraltar, Alcatraz prison, or Newfoundland, the precedingthe is often capitalized.

See also

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References

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  1. ^OS: Devon
  2. ^OS: Somerset
  3. ^Parish map (Worcestershire)
  4. ^OS: Caerphilly

Anagrams

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German

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Etymology 1

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FromMiddle High Germanroc, fromOld High Germanroc, fromProto-West Germanic*hrokk, fromProto-Germanic*hrukkaz, fromProto-Indo-European*rukn-,*ruk-,*rug-,*ruǵ-(to spin); or perhaps fromProto-Indo-European*kreḱ-(to weave).Doublet ofFrack.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Rock m (strong,genitiveRockesorRocks,pluralRöcke,diminutiveRöckchen norRöcklein n)

  1. skirt(garment)
  2. (regional) (men's)jacket
  3. (Switzerland)dress
Declension
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Declension ofRock [masculine, strong]
singularplural
indef.def.noundef.noun
nominativeeinderRockdieRöcke
genitiveeinesdesRockes,RocksderRöcke
dativeeinemdemRock,Rocke1denRöcken
accusativeeinendenRockdieRöcke

1Now rare,see notes.

Hyponyms
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed fromEnglishrock.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʁɔk/(standard)
  • Audio:(file)
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  • IPA(key): /ɹɔk/(less commonly, approximating English pronunciation)
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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Rock m (strong,genitiveRocks,no plural)

  1. rock(style of music)
Declension
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Declension ofRock [sg-only, masculine, strong]
singular
indef.def.noun
nominativeeinderRock
genitiveeinesdesRocks
dativeeinemdemRock
accusativeeinendenRock

Further reading

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  • Rock” inDigitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Rock” in Uni Leipzig:Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Rock” inDuden online
  • Rock on the German Wikipedia.Wikipediade

Hunsrik

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Etymology

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FromMiddle High German andOld High Germanroc, fromProto-Germanic*hrukkaz.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈrok/
  • Rhymes:-ok
  • Syllabification:Rock

Noun

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Rock m (pluralReck,diminutiveReckcheorReckelche)

  1. skirt

Further reading

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  • Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Rock”, inDicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti:Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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FromMiddle High German andOld High Germanroc, fromProto-Germanic*hrukkaz. Cognate withGermanRock,Dutchrok,Icelandicrokkur.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Rock m (pluralRéck)

  1. skirt

Pennsylvania German

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Etymology

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FromMiddle High Germanroc, fromOld High Germanroc(h), fromProto-Germanic*rukkaz. CompareGermanRock.

Noun

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Rock m (pluralReck)

  1. coat

Plautdietsch

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Low Germanrock, fromOld Saxon*hrokk, fromProto-Germanic*rukkaz.

Noun

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Rock m (pluralRakj)

  1. skirt
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