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Sterk

Sterk proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Sterk (plural Sterks)

  1. A surname.

Forms of Sterk

pluralSterks

Origin of Sterk

* As a German, Dutch and Jewish surname, from the adjective stark (“brave, strong”). * As a Slovene surname Šterk, from the verb štrkati (“to scatter, shoot, splash”), probably from the same source as Czech strkat, or perhaps borrowed from Serbo-Croatian štrk (“gadfly”).

Questions about Sterk

What does Sterk mean?
Sterk means a surname.
What part of speech is Sterk?
Sterk is a proper noun.

Words near Sterk in the dictionary

  1. steriology
  2. steripipette
  3. steripipettes
  4. steristrip
  5. steristrips
  6. Sterk
  7. Sterkel
  8. Sterkels
  9. Sterkfontein
  10. Sterkfontein ape-man
  11. Sterks

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