Kone

See also: kone

English

Etymology

• As a German surname, Americanized from Kohn or Dutch Koen.
• As an English and Irish surname, variant of Cone.
• As a West African surname, from the Koné clan of the Bambara and Mandinka tribes. Compare Konneh.

Proper noun

Kone (plural Kones)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kone is the 19027^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1431 individuals. Kone is most common among Black/African American (71.42%) and White (22.15%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Koen, keno

German

Alternative forms

• Kon

Etymology

From Middle High German kone, kon, from Old High German chuuena, quena, from Proto-West Germanic *kwenā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkoːnə/
• Hyphenation: Ko‧ne

Noun

Kone f (genitive Kone, plural Konen)

1. (obsolete) wife

Declension

Declension of Kone [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Kone	die	Konen
genitive	einer	der	Kone	der	Konen
dative	einer	der	Kone	den	Konen
accusative	eine	die	Kone	die	Konen

Derived terms

• Konfrau
• Konleute
• Konmann
• Konschaft

Further reading

• “Kone” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.