boek

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch boek, from Middle Dutch boec, from Old Dutch buok, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

Pronunciation

Noun

boek (plural boeke, diminutive boekie)

  1. book

References

  1. ^ 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buk/
  • audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: boek
  • Rhymes: -uk

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch boec, from Old Dutch buok, from Proto-Germanic *bōks. Compare West Frisian boek, Low German Book, German Buch, English book, Danish bog.

Noun

boek n (plural boeken, diminutive boekje n)

  1. book
  2. (obsolete, Holland) omasum
    Synonyms: boekmaag, boekpens
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: boek
  • Javanese: ꦧꦸꦏꦸ (buku)
  • Malay: buku

Etymology 2

Verb

boek

  1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of boeken
  2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of boeken

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West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian bōk, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

Pronunciation

Noun

boek n (plural boeken, diminutive boekje)

  1. book

Derived terms

Further reading

  • boek (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011