Speed

See also: speed

English

Speed, Victoria: "Please slow down"

Etymology

• As an English surname, from Middle English sped (“good fortune”, literally “assistance, aid”). Also from the noun speed.
• As an Irish surname, translated from Ó Fuada, from fuad (“haste, hurriedness”). See Foody.
• As a German and Jewish surname, Americanized and translated from Schnell.
• Most place names seem to taken from the surname.

Proper noun

Speed (countable and uncountable, plural Speeds)

1. A surname transferred from the nickname.
2. A place in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Silver Creek Township, Clark County, Indiana.
   2. A minor city in Phillips County, Kansas.
   3. An unincorporated community in Palestine Township, Cooper County, Missouri.
   4. A town in Edgecombe County, North Carolina.
   5. An unincorporated community in Roane County, West Virginia.
3. A town in the Shire of Yarriambiack, Victoria, Australia.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Speed is the 4,859^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7,255 individuals. Speed is most common among White (59.10%) and Black (35.16%) individuals.

Anagrams

• pedes, deeps, Peeds, Deeps, spede

German

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English speed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spiːt/
• Hyphenation: Speed

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Noun

Speed n (strong, genitive Speeds, no plural)

1. (slang) speed (amphetamine-based drug)

   Synonyms: Pep, Amphetamin, Amphe

Declension

Declension of Speed [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Speed
genitive	eines	des	Speeds
dative	einem	dem	Speed
accusative	ein	das	Speed

Further reading

• “Speed”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Speed” in Duden online