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Handke

Handke proper noun: a surname from German.

Proper noun

Handke (plural Handkes)

  1. A surname from German.
    • Mr. Handke is the Bob Dylan of genocide apologists.2019 October 15, Aleksandar Hemon, “‘The Bob Dylan of Genocide Apologists’”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 05 Apr 2020

Forms of Handke

pluralHandkes

Origin of Handke

Borrowed from German Handke.

Questions about Handke

What does Handke mean?
Handke means a surname from German.
What part of speech is Handke?
Handke is a proper noun.

Words near Handke in the dictionary

  1. handiworks
  2. handjar
  3. handjars
  4. handjob
  5. handjobs
  6. Handke
  7. handkercher
  8. handkerchers
  9. handkerchief
  10. handkerchief code
  11. handkerchief codes

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