Stake

See also: stake

English

Etymology

English surname, from the noun stake. Compare Staff, Stack.

Proper noun

Stake (plural Stakes)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Stake is the 26110^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 938 individuals. Stake is most common among White (92.0%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Keast, Keats, Skate, Skeat, kates, ketas, skate, steak, takes, teaks

German

Alternative forms

• Staken m

Etymology

15th century, borrowed from Middle Low German stāke m, from Old Saxon *stako, from Proto-West Germanic *stakō, from Proto-Germanic *stakô. Cognate with Dutch staak, English stake.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃtaːkə/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• Homophone: starke (some speakers)

Noun

Stake f (genitive Stake, plural Staken)

1. (Northern Germany) stake, long usually wooden pole

   Synonyms: Stange, Holzstange

2. (also elsewhere in Germany) quant pole, barge pole

   Synonyms: Bootsstange, Stocherstange

Declension

Declension of Stake [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Stake	die	Staken
genitive	einer	der	Stake	der	Staken
dative	einer	der	Stake	den	Staken
accusative	eine	die	Stake	die	Staken

Derived terms

• staken
• staksen

Related terms

• Stack
• Staket, Stakete