Bloch

See also: bloch and Błoch

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Bloch.

Proper noun

Bloch

  1. A surname from German.
    • 2025 May 2, Amarachi Orie, “Archaeologists discover true identity of Costa Rica shipwrecks long thought to be pirate ships”, in CNN[1]:
      “It’s been a long process and I’ve come close to giving up along the way, but this is undoubtedly the craziest archaeological excavation I’ve yet been part of,” Bloch said in the news release.

Derived terms

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /blɔx/
  • Audio (Germany):(file)

Noun

Bloch m (strong, genitive Bloches or Blochs, plural Bloche or Blöcher)

  1. log (trunk of a felled tree, cleared of branches)[1]

Usage notes

The plural form Blöcher is archaic.

Declension

Proper noun

Bloch m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Blochs or (with an article) Bloch, feminine genitive Bloch, plural Blochs)

  1. a surname

References

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈblɔx/
  • Rhymes: -ɔx
  • Syllabification: Bloch
  • Homophone: bloch

Proper noun

Bloch m pers

  1. a male surname

Declension

Proper noun

Bloch f (indeclinable)

  1. a female surname

Further reading

  • Bloch”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022