Feminine

Ecke

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Barbara  pfeffert  ihre   Jacke   achtlos   in   die Ecke .

Barbara peppers her jacket carelessly into the corner.

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Meaning

  1. (feminine) corner, edge
  2. (feminine) a roughly triangular or quadrangular piece of something
  3. (feminine) corner of a house / of two streets
  4. (colloquial, feminine) region, area, neighbourhood
  5. (colloquial, feminine) bit, tad
  6. (feminine) vertex, node
  7. (feminine) corner, corner kick
  8. (feminine) one of the two areas of a goal near where the post and goalline meet; bottom or lower corner

Concepts

corner
angle
nook
edge
corner kick

inside corner

bank
🏦
vertex
shore
rim

bend in the road

turning point
node

inner part

road turn

corner
edge
chock
core
curve
end
🔚
heart
❤️
margin
narwhal
point
tip
turn
wedge
street corner
Synonyms

Winkel
C1
Kante
C2
Eckball
Spitze
B2
Rand
B2
Ufer
C1

keilförmiges Stück

Eckstoß
Knotenpunkt
Stück
A2
1️⃣

Tortenstück

Gegend
B1
Straßenecke
25k
Knoten
C1
🪢
Eck
39k
Zacke
Zinke
Seite
A1
Stelle
A2
Vorsprung
C1
Zipfel
42k
Abbiegung
Singen
B1

etwas anderes

Dicke
B2
heilfroh
Ende
A1
🔚
Gebiet
B1
Gesang
B2
Höhepunkt
C1
Kern
C1
Kurve
C1
Land
A1
Landschaft
C1
Landstrich
Lied
B1
🎶
Nische
26k
Ort
A1
Quartier
C1
Saum
32k
Scheitel
38k
Schnitt
B2
Translations

coin
angolo
rincón
esquina
hoek

γωνία

ángulo
racó
angle
esquina
canto
cantonada
köşe
Frequency

B1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

egg

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

egge

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɛkə/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German
ecke
Inherited from Old High German
ecka
Cognate with English
English
edge
In summary

From Middle High German ecke, from Old High German egga, from Proto-West Germanic *aggju, from Proto-Germanic *agjō. Compare English edge.

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