Luke

See also: luke, lûke, and lǚkè

English

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Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• (Gospel of Luke): Luk., Lk (abbreviation), Luc. (rare abbreviation)

Etymology

From Latin Lūcās, from Koine Greek Λουκᾶς (Loukâs). See the Greek entry for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /luːk/, /lɪu̯k/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA^(key): /lʉk/
• Rhymes: -uːk
• Homophone: look (Scotland, Northern Ireland, some of Northern England)
• (MLE) IPA^(key): /lyːk/

Proper noun

Luke

1. A male given name.
   • 2005, Dallas Hudgens, Drive Like Hell, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 94:

     "Your parents like Cool Hand Luke, yes?" "I don't really know. Why?" "Why? Because they name you Luke." I was worried I might have to explain that my name wasn't all that uncommon, and, anyway, Claudia had named me after the alter ego of Hank Williams, Luke the Drifter.

   • 2025 February 2, Vittoria Elliott, “The Young, Inexperienced Engineers Aiding Elon Musk’s Government Takeover”, in WIRED‎, archived from the original on 2025-02-02:

     The engineers are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran.

2. Luke the Evangelist, an early Christian credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Colossians 4:14:
     :

     Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.

3. (biblical) The Gospel of St. Luke, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the third of the four gospels.
4. An English surname originating as a patronymic, a variant of Luck.
5. An Irish surname originating as a patronymic, a later anglicization of Lúcás (Lucas).
6. A village in Čajniče, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
7. A village in Hadžići, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
8. A village in Pale, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
9. A village in Tartu, Estonia.
10. A village in Kriva Palanka, North Macedonia.
11. A village in Moravica district, Serbia.
12. A town in Maryland, United States; named for papermaker William Luke.

Derived terms

• Luke-Acts

Related terms

• (given name): Luca, Lucas, Luka

(surnames):

• Lock
• Locke
• Locket
• Lockett
• Lockey
• Lockie
• Lockitt
• Look
• Loukes
• Lucas
• Luck
• Luckes
• Luckett
• Luckman
• Lucks
• Lugg
• Lukeman
• Lukes
• McLucas
• McLuckie
• McLugash

Translations

given name

Afrikaans: Lukas (af) Aghwan: 𐔾𐕒𐕡𐕄𐔰𐕚 (luḳas) Albanian: Lukë Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܠܘܼܩܵܐ (Luqa) Hebrew: לוקא (Lūqā’) Syriac: ܠܘܩܐ (Lūqā’) Armenian: Ղուկաս (hy) (Ġukas) Old Armenian: Ղուկաս (Łukas) Aromanian: Luca m Asturian: Lluques (ast) Basque: Lukas (eu) Bavarian: Lukas Breton: Lukaz (br) m Catalan: Lluc (ca) Cebuano: Lucas Central Franconian: Lukas Chinese: Eastern Min: 路加 (Lô-gă) Mandarin: 盧克 / 卢克 (Lúkè) Coptic: ⲗⲟⲩⲕⲁⲓⲟⲥ (loukaios) Corsican: Lucca (co) Czech: Lukáš (cs) Danish: Lukas Dutch: Lukas (nl) Esperanto: Luko Estonian: Luukas Extremaduran: Lucas Finnish: Luukas (fi) French: Luc (fr) Galician: Lucas (gl) m Georgian: ლუკა (luḳa) German: Lukas (de) Alemannic German: Lukas m Greek: Λουκάς (el) m (Loukás), Λουκ (el) (Louk) (transliteration from English) Hawaiian: Luka Hungarian: Lukács (hu) Icelandic: Lúkas (is) m Ido: Lukas (io) m Indonesian: Lukas Irish: Lúcás (ga) Italian: Luca (it) Japanese: ルーク (ja) (Rūku) Latin: Lucas (la) Latvian: Lūkas m, Lūka (lv) m Limburgish: Lucas Lithuanian: Lukas Lombard: Lüga m Low German: Dutch Low Saxon: Lukas m German Low German: Lukas m Luxembourgish: Lukas m Macedonian: Лу́ка m (Lúka) Malayalam: ലൂക്കോസ് (lūkkōsŭ), ലൂക്കാ (lūkkā) Maltese: Luqa (mt) Maori: Ruka (mi) Norwegian: Lukas (no) Occitan: Luc m Pennsylvania German: Lukas Persian: لوکاس (lukâs) Polish: Łukasz (pl) Portuguese: Lucas (pt) m Romanian: Luca (ro) Russian: Лука́ (ru) m (Luká), Люк (ru) m (Ljuk) (transliteration) Saterland Frisian: Lukas Scots: Luke Scottish Gaelic: Lùcas (gd) m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Лука Roman: Luka (sh) Slovak: Lukáš m Slovene: Luka (sl) m Spanish: Lucas (es) Swahili: Luka (sw) Swedish: Lukas (sv) Tagalog: Lucas (tl) m Tigrinya: ሉቃስ (luḳas) Ukrainian: Лука́ (uk) f (Luká), Лука́ш (uk) m (Lukáš) Waray-Waray: Lucas Welsh: Luc (cy) m West Frisian: Lukas Wolof: Luug Zealandic: Lucas

evangelist

Afrikaans: Lukas (af) Aghwan: 𐔾𐕒𐕡𐕄𐔰𐕚 (luḳas) Albanian: Lukë Arabic: لُوقَا (lūqā) Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܠܘܼܩܵܐ (Luqa) Hebrew: לוקא (Lūqā’) Syriac: ܠܘܩܐ (Lūqā’) Armenian: Ղուկաս (hy) (Ġukas) Old Armenian: Ղուկաս (Łukas) Asturian: Lluques (ast) Basque: Lukas (eu) Breton: Lukaz (br) m Caló: Lucas Catalan: Lluc (ca) Cebuano: Lucas Chinese: Eastern Min: 路加 (Lô-gă) Mandarin: 路加 (zh) (Lùjiā) Corsican: Lucca (co) Czech: Lukáš (cs) Danish: Lukas Dutch: Lucas (nl) Estonian: Luukas Finnish: Luukas (fi) French: Luc (fr) Georgian: ლუკა (luḳa) German: Lukas (de) Gothic: 𐌻𐌿𐌺𐌰𐍃 m (lukas) Greek: Λουκάς (el) m (Loukás) Ancient: Λουκᾶς m (Loukâs) Hawaiian: Luka Hindi: लूका (hi) m (Lūkā) Hungarian: Lukács (hu) Icelandic: Lúkas (is) m Ido: Lukas (io) m Indonesian: Lukas Irish: Lúcás (ga) m Italian: Luca (it) Japanese: ルーク (ja) (Rūku), ルカ (Ruka) Kazakh: Лұқа (Lūqa) Korean: 루카 (Ruka) Latin: Lūcās (la) m Latvian: Lūkas m, Lūka (lv) m Limburgish: Lucas Lithuanian: Lukas m Macedonian: Лу́ка m (Lúka) Norwegian: Lukas (no) Old English: Lūcas m Persian: لوقا (fa) (luqâ) Polish: Łukasz (pl) m Portuguese: Lucas (pt) m Romanian: Luca (ro) m Russian: Лука́ (ru) m (Luká) Scots: Luke Scottish Gaelic: Lùcas (gd) m Sinhalese: ධර්මදූත ලූක් තුමා (dharmadūta lūk tumā) Slovak: Lukáš m Slovene: Luka (sl) m Spanish: Lucas (es) Swahili: Luka (sw) Swedish: Lukas (sv) Tagalog: Lucas (tl) m Telugu: లూకా (te) (lūkā) Thai: ลูกา Tigrinya: ሉቃስ (luḳas) Turkish: Luka Vietnamese: Luca (Catholic), Lu-ca (Protestant) Waray-Waray: Lucas Welsh: Luc (cy) m West Frisian: Lukas Wolof: Luug Zealandic: Lucas

gospel of Luke

Afrikaans: Lukas (af) Aghwan: 𐔾𐕒𐕡𐕄𐔰𐕚𐔼 𐕌𐕒𐕡𐕟𐕒𐕡𐕙 𐕃𐕒𐕡𐔳𐔰𐕘𐔴𐕚𐕒𐕡𐕎 (luḳasi muc̣'ur ʒ́udaġesun) Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܸܘܲܢܓܸܠܝܼܘܼܢ ܕܠܘܼܩܵܐ (iwāngiliyun d-Luqa) Hebrew: כרוזותא דלוקא (Kārōzūtā’ d'Lūqā’) Syriac: ܟܪܘܙܘܬܐ ܕܠܘܩܐ (Kārōzūtā’ d'Lūqā’) Armenian: Ավետարան ըստ Ղուկասի (Avetaran əst Ġukasi) Asturian: Lluques (ast) Basque: Lukas (eu) Breton: Lukaz (br) m Burmese: ရှင်လုကာခရစ်ဝင် (hranglu.kahka.rac-wang) Catalan: Lluc (ca) Cebuano: Lucas Chinese: Cantonese: 路加福音 (lou6 gaa1 fuk1 jam1) Eastern Min: 路加福音 (Lô-gă Hók Ĭng) Hakka: 路加福音 (Lu-kâ Fuk-yîm) Hokkien: 路加福音 (Lō͘-ka Hok-im) Mandarin: 路加福音 (zh) (Lùjiā Fúyīn) Corsican: Lucca (co) Czech: Lukáš (cs) Danish: Lukasevangeliet n (definitive form) Dutch: (please verify) Evangelie naar Lucas Estonian: Luuka m Farefare: Luki, Aluki, Luka Finnish: Luukkaan evankeliumi French: (please verify) Évangile selon Luc (fr) , (please verify) Lc Georgian: ლუკას სახარება (luḳas saxareba) German: (please verify) das Evangelium nach Lukas , (please verify) Lk (de) Greek: κατά Λουκάν ευαγγέλιον n (katá Loukán evangélion) Hawaiian: Luka Hindi: लूका (hi) (lūkā) Hungarian: Lukács (hu) Icelandic: Lúkas (is) m Ido: Lukas (io) m Indonesian: Lukas Irish: Soiscéal Naofa Íosa Críost de réir Lúcáis m, Soiscéal Lúcáis m, Lúcás (ga) m Italian: Luca (it) Japanese: ルカによる福音書 (Ruka ni yoru fukuinsho) Kazakh: Лұқа (Lūqa) Korean: 루카 복음서 (Ruka bogeumseo) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: لۆقا (loqa) Latin: Lucas (la) m Latvian: Lūka (lv) m Limburgish: Lucas Lithuanian: Evangelija pagal Luką (lt) f Macedonian: (please verify) Евангелие според Лука n (Evangelie spored Luka) Maori: Ruka (mi) Norwegian: (please verify) Evangeliet etter Lukas (no) , (please verify) Luk (no) Persian: لوقا (fa) (luqâ) Polish: Ewangelia Łukasza f Portuguese: Lucas (pt) m Romanian: Luca (ro) m Russian: Евангелие от Луки n (Jevangelije ot Luki) Scots: Luke Scottish Gaelic: Soisgeul Lùcais m Slovak: Lukáš m Slovene: Luka (sl) m Spanish: Lucas (es) m Swahili: Luka (sw) Swedish: Lukasevangeliet, Luk. (sv) Tagalog: Lucas (tl) m Thai: ลูกา Urdu: لوقا (loqā) Vietnamese: Luca (Catholic), Lu-ca (Protestant) Waray-Waray: Lucas Welsh: Luc (cy) m, Yr Efengyl yn ôl Sant Luc f West Frisian: Lukas Zealandic: Lucas

villages in Bosnia and Serbia

Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Луке Latin: Luke (sh)

village in North Macedonia

Albanian: Lluka French: Louké Macedonian: Луке (Luke) Polish: Łuke

Anagrams

• leku, leuk-, Leuk

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Low German, from Middle Low German lūke, from Old Saxon lūkan (“to close”). Cognate with Dutch luik (“hatch”) and, more distantly, doublet of Loch (“hole”) and Lücke (“gap”); see the former for more.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈluːkə/

• Audio:

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Noun

Luke f (genitive Luke, plural Luken)

1. hatch (opening in the ceiling/floor of a room, in the deck of a ship, etc.)

   Die Luke zum Dachboden klemmt. ― The hatch to the attic is jammed.

   Der Kapitän öffnete die Luke und sah nach draußen. ― The captain opened the hatch and looked outside.

Declension

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Luke	die	Luken
genitive	einer	der	Luke	der	Luken
dative	einer	der	Luke	den	Luken
accusative	eine	die	Luke	die	Luken

Declension of Luke [feminine]

Derived terms

• Dachluke
• Schiffsluke

References

1. Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Luke”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

Further reading

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

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

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Noun

Lukè

1. locative singular of Lùkas (“Luke”)