What is "anke"

Anke is a female given name. It may refer to the following:

• Anke Baier-Loef (born 1972), German speed skater
• Anke Behmer, née Vater (born 1961), former East German athlete
• Anke Borchmann (born 1954), German rower
• Anke Brockmann (born 1988), German field hockey player
• Anke Dannowski, German mountain bike orienteering competitor
• Anke Ehrhardt, researcher into sexual and gender development of children, adolescents, and adults
• Anke Engelke (born 1965), German comedian, actress and voice-over actress born in Montréal, Quebec, Canada
• Anke Feller (born 1971), retired German sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres
• Anke Fuchs (born 1937), German lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party of Germany
• Anke-Eve Goldmann (born 1930), German former motorcycle journalist
• Anke Huber (born 1974), German retired professional tennis player
• Anke Kühne née Kühn (born 1981), female field hockey player from Germany
• Anke Eißmann (born 1977), German illustrator and graphic designer known for her illustrations of Tolkien's work
• Anke Möhring (born 1969), former freestyle swimmer and Olympic medallist from East Germany
• Anke Nothnagel (born 1966), East German-German sprint canoeist
• Anke Ohde, East German sprint canoeist who competed in the mid-1970s
• Anke Pietrangeli (born 1982), South African singer, winner of Idols in South Africa in 2003
• Anke Reschwam Schulze (born 1972), German cross country skier
• Anke Rijnders (born 1956), former butterfly and freestyle swimmer from the Netherlands
• Anke Scholz (born 1978), retired female swimmer from Germany
• Anke Spoorendonk (born 1947), Danish-German politician
• Anke Van dermeersch (born 1972), Flemish politician and former beauty queen
• Anke Vondung (born 1972), German mezzo-soprano
• Anke Westendorf (born 1954), German former volleyball player
• Anke Wild (born 1967), former field hockey player from Germany
• Anke Wischnewski (born 1978), German luger who has competed since 2001

Anke is a German television series produced from 1999 to 2001. Anke Engelke stars in the title role as a fictitious talk show anchor who is successful on camera in solving other people's problems, while being unsuccessful with her own private life.