Check

See also: check

English

Proper noun

Check (plural Checks)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Check is the 12229^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2545 individuals. Check is most common among White (79.61%) and Hispanic/Latino (15.95%) individuals.

German

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English check. Doublet of Schach, Schah, and Scheck.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃɛk/

Noun

Check m (strong, genitive Checks, plural Checks)

1. check

   Synonyms: Überprüfung, Kontrolle

Declension

Declension of Check [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Check	die	Checks
genitive	eines	des	Checks	der	Checks
dative	einem	dem	Check	den	Checks
accusative	einen	den	Check	die	Checks

Related terms

• checken
• abchecken

Etymology 2

Variant of Scheck.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɛk/

Noun

Check m (strong, genitive Checks, plural Checks)

1. (Switzerland) alternative form of Scheck (“cheque”)

Declension

Declension of Check [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Check	die	Checks
genitive	eines	des	Checks	der	Checks
dative	einem	dem	Check	den	Checks
accusative	einen	den	Check	die	Checks

Further reading

• “Check”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Check” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• Check on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Check” in Duden online
• “Scheck” in Duden online