Falk

See also: falk

English

Etymology

As a German, Jewish and Scandinavian/North Germanic surname, from the nouns Falke, Yiddish פֿאַלקאַן (falkan), falk (“falcon”). Compare Valk.
As an English surname, variant of Faulks.

Proper noun

Falk (countable and uncountable, plural Falks)

A surname.
A ghost town and former logging settlement in Humboldt County, California, United States.
A township in Clearwater County, Minnesota, United States.

Danish

Proper noun

Falk

a surname

German

Etymology

From Falke (“falcon”).

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -alk

Proper noun

Falk m (proper noun, strong, genitive Falks)

a male given name

Proper noun

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

a surname

Low German

Etymology

From Middle Low German valke, falke, from Old Saxon falko, from Proto-West Germanic *falkō. More at falcon.

Noun

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Falk m

falcon (bird)

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