Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lubeck

/lˈubˌɛk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.84 in modern English

Syllables
lubeck
IPA
/lˈubˌɛk/
14
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname.

Etymology

* As a Dutch and North/Low German surname, from the city of Lübeck in Schleswig-Holstein. * As a Slovak surname, from Ľubek, pet form of various names like Ľubomir formed from ľúbiť (“to love”). Similarly also from Polabian Liubice (“lovely”), cognate with Polish luby + -ica.

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Questions

How do you pronounce lubeck?
The recorded pronunciation is /lˈubˌɛk/.
What does lubeck mean?
A surname.
Where does lubeck come from?
It is traced to Dutch.

How to pronounce lubeck

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