Block

Etymology

 * A surname (,  and English), from  and  respectively. As an English surname from the same cognate,.
 * As a Jewish surname, Americanized from . Also see.

Statistics

 * Block is most common among White individuals.

Etymology
From, from. The more common form was originally, from. The variant prevailed in modern German under the reinforcing influence of. All from, from.

The architectural sense is loaned from (and may therefore take a plural in -s).

Noun

 * 1) bloc
 * 2) block thick, roughly cuboid object, e.g. cake of soap, block of ice, wood, etc.
 * 3) block large building or group of such
 * 4) pad (of paper)

Usage notes

 * The normal plural is Blöcke.
 * The plural Blocks is often, but not necessarily, used for sense 3 (“large building”).