Schank

• Schanck

Borrowed from German Schank.

Schank (plural Schanks)

1. A surname from German.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Schank is the 15922^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1825 individuals. Schank is most common among White (94.63%) individuals.

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

From Middle High German schanc. The relation to schranc (German Schrank) seems not quite clear. If schanc is a simplified form, it may have been influenced by schaf (whence the northwestern Central Franconian Schaf).

• IPA^(key): /ʃaŋk/

Schank m (plural Schänk, diminutive Schänkelche)

1. (eastern Moselle Franconian) cupboard

   Synonym: (Ripuarian, western MF) Schaf

• IPA^(key): /ʃaŋk/

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Schank m (strong, genitive Schankes or Schanks, plural Schänke) (chiefly archaic)

1. verbal noun of schenken
2. bar, tavern, pub

Schank f (genitive Schank, plural Schanken)

1. (Bavaria, Austria) alternative form of Schenke (“bar, pub”)

• “Schank” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Schank” in Duden online
• “Schank” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

From Middle High German schinke, from Old High German skinca. Cognate with German Schinken (“ham”).

• IPA^(key): /ʃɑŋk/
  • Rhymes: -ɑŋk

Schank f (plural Schanken)

1. bone

From Middle High German schanc, perhaps a variant of schranc, whence German Schrank.

Schank m (plural Schenk)

1. cupboard

• Brotschank
• Gscharrschank
• Kicheschank