Loch

Two main origins:

• Borrowed from German Loch, a topographic surname for someone who lived by a hollow or valley.
• From Scottish Gaelic loch (“loch, lake”), a Scottish topographic surname.

Loch (plural Lochs)

1. A surname.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Loch is the 12496^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2481 individuals. Loch is most common among White (88.35%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Loch”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 451.

• IPA^(key): /lɔx/, [lɔx], [lɔχ]

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From Middle High German loch, from Old High German loh, from Proto-West Germanic *lok (“lock; hole”). Doublet of Lücke (“gap”) and Luke (“hatch”).

Loch n (strong, genitive Loches or Lochs, plural Löcher, diminutive Löchlein n or Löchelchen n)

1. hole; perforation
2. hole in the ground; pit
3. gap; bare spot
4. (dentistry) cavity
5. dungeon; underground prison
6. (colloquial) prison; jail
7. (colloquial) apartment, flat or house in a bad condition; dump
8. (colloquial) boring small town or village

• (pit): Grube
• (gap): Lücke
• (dungeon): Kerker; Verlies
• (prison): Gefängnis; Haftanstalt; Justizvollzugsanstalt; Bau; Kittchen; Knast
• (boring town): Kaff

• → Czech: loch
• → Dutch: loch
• → Polish: loch

Borrowed from English loch, from Scottish Gaelic and Irish loch.

Loch n (strong, genitive Lochs, plural Lochs)

1. loch, lough (a lake or bay in Scotland or Ireland)

• “Loch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Loch” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

From Middle High German loch, from Old High German loh.

• IPA^(key): /lox/

Loch n (plural Lecher, diminutive Lechelche)

1. hole

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

From Middle High German loch, from Old High German loh. Compare German Loch.

Loch n (plural Lecher)

1. hole
2. rent
3. burrow

From Middle Low German and Old Saxon lōh, from Proto-West Germanic *lauh.

Loch n (plural Lajcha)

1. hole