Hockey

See also: hockey

English

Etymology

Apparently a habitational surname from a lost or unidentified place in southern England.

Proper noun

Hockey (plural Hockeys)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Hockey is the 41728^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 521 individuals. Hockey is most common among White (95.97%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Hockey”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 186.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English hockey. The usual pronunciation with final /-e/ is influenced by the spelling -ey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɔ.ke/
• IPA^(key): /ˈhɔ.ki/ (less common)

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Noun

Hockey n (strong, genitive Hockeys, no plural)

1. hockey (family of sports)
2. (out of context usually) field hockey

Declension

Declension of Hockey [sg-only, neuter, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Hockey
genitive	eines	des	Hockeys
dative	einem	dem	Hockey
accusative	ein	das	Hockey

Hyponyms

• (family of sports): Eishockey, Feldhockey, Hallenhockey, Rollhockey

Derived terms

• Hockeyschläger

Further reading

• “Hockey” in Duden online
• “Hockey” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache