Seck

See also: seck

English

Etymology

Borrowed from both from Wolof and German Seck.

Proper noun

Seck (plural Secks)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Seck is the 19747^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1364 individuals. Seck is most common among Black/African American (63.05%) and White (32.48%) individuals.

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Ecks, ksec

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• Sick (Kölsch), Sie (western Ripuarian), Siet (southwestern and northernmost Ripuarian)
• Sitt (scattered compromise form), Sidde (Siegerland)
• Seit (most of Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Old High German *sīda, northern variant of sīta, from Proto-Germanic *sīdǭ, with Ripuarian velarisation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zek/

Noun

Seck f (plural Segge)

1. (most dialects of Ripuarian) side

   Jank op Seck!

   Go aside!

2. (most dialects of Ripuarian) page

   Ich hann höck mieh wie hondert Segge jelesse.

   I’ve read more than a hundred pages today.

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sek/

Noun

Seck m

1. plural of Sack

Pennsylvania German

Noun

Seck

1. plural of Sack