Beck
German, noun/bɛk/
Beck is spelled B-E-C-K (4 letters) and appears 15 times per million words in written German, the 5,079th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Beck is a German masculine noun meaning “baker” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Schnabel des Beizvogels”.
What does Beck mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebaker
noun
- 1
masculineThe beak of a bird of prey.
suffix
- 1
Placename suffix found in northern Germany
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Schnabel des Beizvogels
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Beck
- Becken genitive
- Beckes genitive
- Becks genitive
- Becke plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Beck?
- /bɛk/
- dated /beːk/
- [bɛk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Beck in German?
Beck appears 15 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).