# Rock
## English
### Etymology

* As an English surname, from the noun rock. Compare Roach.
* Also as an English surname, misdivision of Middle English atter oke (“at the oak”). Compare Nock.
* As an English occupational surname, from Old Norse rokkr (“distaff”). Compare Rocker.
* As an Irish surname, translated from names like Mac Conchairge (“son of the hound of the rock”), from cú + carraig, see also McHarg.
* As a German surname Röck, variant of the personal name Rocco, see Roche.
* Also as a German surname, from the noun Rock (“skirt gown”).
* As a French surname, shortened from Roquebrune, Rocquebrune (see Rocque) or Larock.
Compare Roch.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (General Australian):(file)

### Proper noun

Rock
* A topographic surname from Middle English for someone living near a rock or an oak ( atter + oke ).
* A male given name transferred from the surname.
* A number of places in England:
** A coastal village in St Minver Lowlands parish, north Cornwall (OS grid ref SW9375).
** A hamlet in Membury parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref ST2702).
** A village in Rennington parish, northern Northumberland (OS grid ref NU2020).
** A hamlet in Curry Mallet parish, South Somerset district and North Curry parish, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST3222).
** A hamlet in Washington parish, Horsham district, West Sussex (OS grid ref TQ1214).
** A village and civil parish in Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO7371).
* A place in Wales:
** A hamlet in Blackwood community, Caerphilly county borough (OS grid ref ST1898).
** A hamlet north-east of Cwmavon, Neath Port Talbot county borough (OS grid ref SS7993).
* The Rock, a village south-west of Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland.
* A number of places in the United States:
** An unincorporated community in Cowley County, Kansas.
** An unincorporated community in Maple Ridge Township, Delta County, Michigan.
** An unincorporated community in Mercer County, West Virginia.
** A town in Rock County, Wisconsin.
** A town in Wood County, Wisconsin.
** A number of townships in the United States, listed under Rock Township.
* the Rock
** (preceded by "the" or "The") Nickname of Gibraltar.
** (Australia, preceded by "the" or "The") Nickname of Uluru.
** (preceded by "the" or "The") Nickname of the prison on Alcatraz Island, USA.
** (Canada, preceded by "the" or "The") Nickname of the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

#### Usage notes

* The given name is rare, but had some vogue in the 1950s due to an American film star named Rock Hudson.
* When used as a nickname for Gibraltar, Alcatraz prison, or Newfoundland, the preceding the is often capitalized.

### See also

* rock
* Rock Ferry
* the Rock
* The Rock

### References

* ↑ OS: Devon
* ↑ OS: Somerset
* ↑ OS: Caerphilly

### Anagrams

* Cork, Kroc, cork

## German
### Etymology 1

From Middle High German roc, from Old High German roc, from Proto-West Germanic *hrokk, from Proto-Germanic *hrukkaz, from Proto-Indo-European *rukn-, *ruk-, *rug-, *ruǵ- (“to spin”); or perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kreḱ- (“to weave”). Doublet of Frack.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʁɔk/
* Audio:(file)
* Audio:(file)

#### Noun

Rock m (strong, genitive Rockes or Rocks, plural Röcke, diminutive Röckchen n or Röcklein n)
* skirt (garment)
* (regional) (men's) jacket
* (Switzerland) dress

##### Declension

$^1$Now rare, see notes.

##### Hyponyms

* Latexrock
* Minirock
* Morgenrock
* Reifrock
* Schlafrock
* Unterrock

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English rock.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʁɔk/ (standard)
* Audio:(file)
* Audio:(file)
* IPA: /ɹɔk/ (less commonly, approximating English pronunciation)
* Audio:(file)

#### Noun

Rock m (strong, genitive Rocks, no plural)
* rock (style of music)

##### Declension
### Further reading

* “Rock” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “Rock” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
* “Rock” in Duden online
* Rock on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{de}$

## Hunsrik
### Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German roc, from Proto-Germanic *hrukkaz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rok/

### Noun

Rock m (plural Reck, diminutive Reckche or Reckelche)
* skirt

### Further reading

* Online Hunsrik Dictionary

## Luxembourgish
### Etymology

From Middle High German and Old High German roc, from Proto-Germanic *hrukkaz. Cognate with German Rock, Dutch rok, Icelandic rokkur.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ʀok/

### Noun

Rock m (plural Réck)
* skirt

## Pennsylvania German
### Etymology

From Middle High German roc, from Old High German roc(h), from Proto-Germanic *rukkaz. Compare German Rock.

### Noun

Rock m (plural Reck)
* coat

## Plautdietsch
### Etymology

From Middle Low German rock, from Old Saxon *hrokk, from Proto-Germanic *rukkaz.

### Noun

Rock m (plural Rakj)
* skirt