"Seek" meaning in All languages combined

See Seek on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: Seeks [plural]
Etymology: * As a North/Low German surname, from Seek, variant of Seeck, shortened from compound names containing the element Sieg (“victory”) (as in Siegfried) or siech (“ill”). * As a Chinese surname, Romanized from 薛 (xuē), see Xue. Etymology templates: {{der|en|nds|-}} Low German, {{der|en|zh|-}} Chinese Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Seeks}} Seek (plural Seeks)
  1. A surname from German.
    Sense id: en-Seek-en-name-gISmo46Y Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [English]

Forms: Seeks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Seek (plural Seeks)
  1. Obsolete form of Sikh. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: Sikh
    Sense id: en-Seek-en-noun-2y9PwQZs
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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