Reck

See also: reck and Réck

German

Etymology

From Middle Low German. Cognate with Dutch rek (“pole, clothes-horse”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁɛk/

Noun

Reck n (genitive Reckes or Recks, plural Recke or Recks)

  1. (gymnastics) horizontal bar

Declension
Declension of Reck
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Reck die Recke
genitive eines des Reckes,
Recks		 der Recke
dative einem dem Reck,
Recke1		 den Recken
accusative ein das Reck die Recke
1Now uncommon, see notes

References
  1. Reck in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, 1891

Further reading
  • Reck in Duden online

Luxembourgish

Noun

Reck m (plural Recken)

  1. horizontal bar

Pennsylvania German

Noun

Reck

  1. plural of Rock
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