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Sources for Etymology:
- Check "ecke" on DWDS.de
Biggest German Dictionary, great for etymology, usage frequency and collocations) - "ecke" on Wiktionary (English version)
(For etymological connections across European languages. Not always accurate) - Etymonline.com - Origins of English words
My favorite source for the origin of English words.
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Hallo. Is there a difference between Eck and Ecke?
Yeah, actually yes.
das Eck is used in compounds, (Dreieck, Viereck) and as a colloquial word for “corner” in names for bars or some phrasings like “gleich um’s Eck”,
die Ecke is the standard word for corner.
ok cool, thanks, makes sense about the compunds – I think i heard Rechtseck (?) or before when someone was talking where something is on a screen. There is no das Eck in the dictionary btw, could be a nice addition : )
I asked a guy last night
“Entschuldigung gibt es ein Späti in der Nähe”
he pointed to the end of the street and replied something like:
” blah blah auf der Ecke”
i was a bit surprised as I’d expect “an der Ecke”.
Do you have any thoughts ?
It’s not something I’d say but I don’t think it’d stick out to me. Stick with “an”.