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Yake

Yake proper noun: a surname from German.

Proper noun

Yake (plural Yakes)

  1. A surname from German.

Forms of Yake

pluralYakes

Origin of Yake

Probably an Americanized form of German Jach.

Questions about Yake

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

Words near Yake in the dictionary

  1. yakback
  2. yakchal
  3. yakchals
  4. yakdan
  5. yakdans
  6. Yake
  7. Yakel
  8. Yakels
  9. Yakes
  10. Yakeshi
  11. yakety-yak

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