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Bank
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Appendix:Variations of "bank"
English
+, Hampshire
+ and Monument stations
Etymology 1
From en ang banc bank, hillock, embankment, from en gem-pro *bankô.
Proper noun
en village in the forest/New Forest in co/Hampshire cc/England.
en rail A major en London Underground station in the en City of London, named after the Bank of England and one of the busiest stations on the network OS grid ref TQ3281
en 2019 October 23 Paul Stephen delivers a progress report on London Underground's transformative Bank Station capacity upgrade Rail 68 Anybody familiar with the London Underground network will know that Bank Tube station is a place to be avoided - if at all possible - on a weekday morning. Located at the very heart of London's 'Square Mile' financial district, some 70,000 people detrain there during the morning peak, to pass through its gatelines and those at the adjoining station at Monument. A further 50,000 passengers squeeze into the station complex at exactly the same time of day, in order to change between the five lines that pass through it.
Etymology 2
+ (surname)
Various origins:
Borrowed from en nl - and en de Bank bench, a metonymic occupational surname for someone who worked with a bench or counter, like a money changer.
Borrowed from en da - and en sv Bank, a topographic surname from sv bank sandbank or, alternatively, a nickname for a loud an noisy person, from sv bank noise.
Proper noun
s
en.
Statistics
According to the 2010 United States Census, Bank is the 12953rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2371 individuals. Bank is most common among White (80.05%) and Black/African American (10.04%) individuals.
Further reading
Anagrams
en abkn Knab knab nabk
en surnames from Dutch surnames from German surnames from Danish surnames from Swedish
en London
German
Pronunciation
de /baŋk/
de De-Bank.ogg
de De-Bank2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de aŋk 1
Etymology 1
de bench
From de gmh - and de goh banc, goh bank height, from de gmw-pro *banki, from de gem-pro *bankiz. Related to osx bank.
Noun
f,^e ^chen
bench which people sit on; pew
workbench which things can be set down on
bank collection of material in a body of water
de football substitutes' bench
Declension
f,^e
Hyponyms
de Anklagebank<q:law><t:dock><lit:charge bench> Austernbank<t:oyster bed, oyster reef> Drehbank Fensterbank Folterbank<t:torture rack> Fußbank Hantelbank<t:weight bench> Hobelbank<t:carpenter's bench> Kirchenbank Klopfbank Korallenbank<t:coral reef> Nebelbank<t:fog bank> Sandbank Schlachtbank<t:slaughterhouse><qq:used figuratively> Schulbank<t:school desk> Sitzbank<t:bench> Sonnenbank<t:tanning bed, sunbed> Streckbank<t:torture rack> Werkbank<t:workbench> Wolkenbank<t:cloud bank>
Derived terms
de auf die lange Bank schieben to procrastinate, to shelve
de Bänkelsänger minstrel
Descendants
da bank 1
nb bank 1
Etymology 2
de institution :der<conj:and> it:banco it:banca
15th century, semantically after de it banco, banca bench” and “bank, from goh bank (etymology 1 above). The Italianized form de Banco is attested in German texts alongside native de Bank, Bänke. Since the 18th century, a third form de Banque, Banquen arises under influence of de fr banque, itself from the Italian. This then leads to the contemporary situation with identical singulars but distinct plural forms.
Noun
f
bank financial institution
de in compounds a storage facility for some specified purpose
Declension
f
Hyponyms
de Blutbank Bundesbank Datenbank Landesbank Notenbank Samenbank Staatsbank<t:state bank> Weltbank Zentralbank
Derived terms
de Bankgeheimnis Bankier Bankkauffrau Bankkaufmann Banknote
Descendants
Some descendants may be via other European languages.
1 bg банка
1 et pank
1 hu bank
1 pl bank
1 lv banka
1 lt bankas
1 dsb bank
1 mk банка
1 ru банк
1 sgs banks
1 sh banka / sh банка
1 sk banka
1 sv bank or from Dutch, Low German
1 yi באַנק
Further reading
Bank_Geldinstitut_Gebaeude Bank (Geldinstitut, Gebäude)
Bank_Sitzgelegenheit Bank (Sitzgelegenheit)
de
de Banking Buildings Occupations
Luxembourgish
Etymology
lb :der<conj:and> de:Bank<id:institution> fr:banque
From lb de Bank and lb fr banque, both via lb it banco, banca from lb goh bank bench. lb Bänk.
Pronunciation
lb [bɑŋk]
lb ɑŋk 1
Noun
f
bank financial institution
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
pdc :inh gmh:bank<ety:inh<goh:bank>>
From pdc gmh bank, from pdc goh bank. Compare de Bank, nl bank, en bench.
Noun
pdc noun f plural Benk
bench
workbench
Plautdietsch
Etymology
pdt :der it:banco
Ultimately from pdt it banco, itself from pdt gmw-pro *banki, from pdt gem-pro *bankiz bulge; bench.
Pronunciation
pdt /baŋk/
Noun
f Banken
bank
Related terms
pdt Bankia
pdt 1-syllable words
pdt Banking Buildings