Masculine

Jakob

Sentences
Meaning

  1. (masculine, proper-noun, strong) Jacob (Old Testament personality)
  2. (alt-of, alternative, masculine, proper-noun, strong) alternative form of Jakobus (“James”, New Testament personality)
  3. (masculine, proper-noun, strong) a male given name

Concepts

Yaqob of Ethiopia

Jacob Kettler

Synonyms

Jäck

Jaecki

Jeckel

Frequency

C1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

beppi

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

boppi

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

joggel

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

joggi

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

jokeb

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

keebi

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

schaaggi

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈjaːkɔp/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German Jācob, a learned borrowing from Latin Iācōbus, borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἰάκωβος (Iákōbos), from Ἰακώβ (Iakṓb), borrowed from Hebrew יַעֲקֹב, from עקב. Doublet of Jakobus, which comes directly from Latin.

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