bukke

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

bukke

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of bukken

Middle English

Alternative forms

• bucke, buk, bocke, bucce, boke, buc

Etymology

From Old English bucca, from Proto-West Germanic *bukkō, from Proto-Germanic *bukkô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbuk(ə)/

Noun

bukke (plural bukkes)

1. male goat
2. male deer or roe

Derived terms

• roobukke
• bukskyn

Descendants

• English: buck
• Scots: buk, buke, buik
• Yola: buch

References

• “bukke, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-03.

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

bukke (imperative bukk, present bukker, simple past and past participle bukket)

1. To succumb - Å bukke under
2. To stoop down - Å bukke seg