Koch

See also: koch and köch

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /koʊk/, /kɑx/, /kʊk/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /kəʊk/, /kɒx/
• Rhymes: -əʊk, -ɒx, -ʊk

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Koch

1. A language of Meghalaya (India), Assam, Tripura, Manipur, West Bengal, Bihar, and Bangladesh.

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Koch, kdq ⁠

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Koch (“cook”), an occupational surname.

Proper noun

Koch (plural Kochs)

1. A surname from German.

Derived terms

• Koch curve
• Koch island
• Koch snowflake
• Koch star

 

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Koch is the 698^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 49,395 individuals. Koch is most common among White (95.3%) individuals.

Anagrams

• hock

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkox]

Proper noun

Koch m anim (female equivalent Kochová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Koch (velar masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Koch	Kochové
genitive	Kocha	Kochů
dative	Kochovi	Kochům
accusative	Kocha	Kochy
vocative	Kochu	Kochové
locative	Kochovi	Koších
instrumental	Kochem	Kochy

Further reading

• “Koch”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔx/

• Audio (Berlin); [kɔχ]:

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• Audio (southern); [kox]:

  (file)

Etymology 1

From Middle High German koch, from Old High German choch, from Proto-West Germanic *kok (“a cook”).

Noun

Koch m (strong, genitive Kochs or Koches, plural Köche, feminine Köchin)

1. cook (one who cooks; male or unspecified gender)

Declension

Declension of Koch [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Koch	die	Köche
genitive	eines	des	Kochs, Koches	der	Köche
dative	einem	dem	Koch, Koche1	den	Köchen
accusative	einen	den	Koch	die	Köche

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Chefkoch
• viele Köche verderben den Brei

Related terms

• kochen

Proper noun

Koch m or f (proper noun, strong, genitive Kochs or (with an article) Koch, plural Kochs)

1. a surname originating as an occupation

Declension

Declension of Koch [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	indef.	def.	noun	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	(ein)	(der)	Koch	(eine)	(die)	Koch	(die)	Kochs
genitive	(eines)	(des)	Kochs, Koch1	(einer)	(der)	Koch	(der)	Kochs
dative	(einem)	(dem)	Koch	(einer)	(der)	Koch	(den)	Kochs
accusative	(einen)	(den)	Koch	(eine)	(die)	Koch	(die)	Kochs

¹With an article.

Etymology 2

From Middle High German koch, derived from the verb kochen (“to cook”).

Noun

Koch n (strong, genitive Kochs or Koches, no plural)

1. (Austria, Bavaria) mush, porridge

Declension

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

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Koch
genitive	eines	des	Kochs, Koches
dative	einem	dem	Koch, Koche1
accusative	ein	das	Koch

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Koch (Gastronom, Küchenchef)” in Duden online
• “Koch” in Duden online
• “Koch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Koch” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• Koch on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kox/

Noun

Koch m (plural Kech, feminine Kechin)

1. cook

Related terms

• koche

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Plautdietsch

Noun

Koch m (plural Kochen)

1. cook

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Koch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔx/
• Rhymes: -ɔx
• Syllabification: Koch

Proper noun

Koch m pers

1. a male surname from German

Declension

Declension of Koch

	singular	plural
nominative	Koch	Kochowie
genitive	Kocha	Kochów
dative	Kochowi	Kochom
accusative	Kocha	Kochów
instrumental	Kochem	Kochami
locative	Kochu	Kochach
vocative	Kochu	Kochowie

Proper noun

Koch f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname from German

Further reading

• Koch in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• “Koch”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022