Kante

See also: kante and kaňte

English

Etymology

A common surname in West Africa, especially in Mali and Guinea.

Proper noun

Kante (plural Kantes)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kante is the 41501^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 524 individuals. Kante is most common among Black/African American (81.49%) and White (11.26%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kante”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 273.

German

Etymology

Via Middle Low German kant, kante from Middle Dutch kant, itself from Latin canthus (“tire, edge of a wheel”), from Gaulish *cantos, from Proto-Celtic *kantos (“corner, rim”). The Latin spelling is influenced by Ancient Greek κανθός (kanthós, “corner of the eye, tire, etc.”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkantə/, [ˈkʰantə]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• Homophone: kannte

Noun

Kante f (genitive Kante, plural Kanten)

1. edge (sharp boundary line), border
2. ledge, rim, brink
3. (graph theory) edge
4. (Switzerland) tram platform

Declension

Declension of Kante [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Kante	die	Kanten
genitive	einer	der	Kante	der	Kanten
dative	einer	der	Kante	den	Kanten
accusative	eine	die	Kante	die	Kanten

Hyponyms

• Abbruchkante
• Baumkante
• Bettkante
• Fehlkante
• Hinterkante
• Schneidekante
• Schnittkante
• Seitenkante
• Stuhlkante
• Tischkante
• Vorderkante
• Waldkante
• Wasserkante

Derived terms

• die Kante geben
• hohe Kante
• Kantenlänge
• Kantenschutz
• Kantenwinkel
• Kantenzange
• klare Kante zeigen
• Vierkanthof

Related terms

• kentern
• Waterkant

See also

• Rand

Further reading

• “Kante” in Duden online
• “Kante”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)