Peak

See also: peak

English

Etymology

• As an English surname, from several placenames in England derived from the noun peak or its source.
• Also as an English surname, shortened from Peacock.
• As an Irish surname, shortened from McPeak.

Proper noun

Peak (plural Peaks)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Peak is the 4076^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 8713 individuals. Peak is most common among White (77.38%) and Black/African American (14.54%) individuals.

Anagrams

• kaep, Paek, pake, kape

German

Etymology

From English peak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piːk/

Noun

Peak m (strong, genitive Peaks or Peak, plural Peaks)

1. (metrology and stochastics) peak amplitude

   Synonyms: Höhepunkt m, Spitze f

2. (technical) Synonym of Signal n

Declension

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Peak	die	Peaks
genitive	eines	des	Peaks, Peak	der	Peaks
dative	einem	dem	Peak	den	Peaks
accusative	einen	den	Peak	die	Peaks

Declension of Peak [masculine, strong]

Derived terms

• Peakfläche f
• Peakhöhe f
• Peakpegel m
• Peaksymmetrie f
• Photopeak m

Related terms

• Peak Oil

Further reading

• Peak on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de