Necker

See also: necker

English

Etymology 1

From French Necker, from German Necker.

Proper noun

Necker (countable and uncountable, plural Neckers)

1. (countable) A surname from French.
2. A small island of the Hawaiian Islands, Hawaii, United States, named after Jacques Necker; in full, Necker Island.

Synonyms

• (Necker, Hawaii, USA): Necker Island, Mokumanamana

Derived terms

• Neckerian

Translations

Necker, HI, US

• French: Île Necker

Etymology 2

From Dutch Neckere.

Proper noun

Necker

1. An island of the British Virgin Islands, United Kingdom in the West Indies, Caribbean, Atlantic Ocean, named after Jonathan de Neckere; in full, Necker Island.

Synonyms

• (Necker, BVI, UK): Necker Island

Etymology 3

From German Necker.

Proper noun

Necker (plural Neckers)

1. A surname from German.

Derived terms

• Necker cube
• Necker Island

French

Etymology

Borrowed from German Necker.

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Proper noun

Necker ?

1. a surname, Necker, from German
2. Necker (an island of the Hawaiian Islands, Hawaii, United States, named for Jacques Necker, finance minister to Louis XVI, in 1798, by French explorer Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse; in full, île Necker)

German

Etymology

South German surname, habitational surname for someone living on the Neckar river, or from the noun Nock (“hilltop rock”), used often in Austria, of uncertain origin, but possibly a Celtic borrowing from Proto-Celtic *knukkos (“hill, protuberance”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

Necker m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Neckers or (with an article) Necker, feminine genitive Necker, plural Neckers or Necker)

1. a surname, Necker