Speck

• As a German surname, from the noun Speck (“bacon”).
• As an English surname, variant of Speake, and perhaps a variant of Peck with an initial -s.

Speck (plural Specks)

1. A surname from German.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Speck is the 5521^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 6297 individuals. Speck is most common among White (94.09%) individuals.

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

From Middle High German spec, from Old High German spek, from Proto-West Germanic *spik, from Proto-Germanic *spiką. Cognate with Old English spic (whence English speck).

• IPA^(key): /ʃpɛk/

Speck m (strong, genitive Speckes or Specks, plural Specke)

1. bacon, fatty cellular tissue under the porkrind
2. (colloquial) adipose tissue, bodyfat

• speckig
• abspecken
• Kummerspeck
• Speckstein
• Winterspeck

• → Italian: speck
• → Kashubian: szpiek

• “Speck” in Duden online
• “Speck” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

From Middle High German spëc, from Old High German spek, from Proto-West Germanic *spik.

• IPA^(key): /ʃpek/

Speck m (plural Speck)

1. fat

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

From Middle High German spëc, from Old High German spek, from Proto-West Germanic *spik.

Cognate with German Speck, Dutch spek, English speck, Icelandic spik.

• IPA^(key): /ʃpæk/

Speck m (plural Specken)

1. bacon