kloek

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Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kluk/
  • Hyphenation: kloek
  • Rhymes: -uk

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Dutch cloec, from Old Dutch *cluoc, from Proto-Germanic *klōkaz.

Compare German klug for the "clever" sense.

Adjective[edit]

kloek (comparative kloeker, superlative kloekst)

  1. large, stout
  2. healthy, being in good health
  3. (dialectal) clever, wise
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of kloek
uninflected kloek
inflected kloeke
comparative kloeker
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial kloek kloeker het kloekst
het kloekste
indefinite m./f. sing. kloeke kloekere kloekste
n. sing. kloek kloeker kloekste
plural kloeke kloekere kloekste
definite kloeke kloekere kloekste
partitive kloeks kloekers
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Negerhollands: kluken
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: kluk, cluke, clook

Etymology 2[edit]

Onomatopoeic. Compare English cluck.

Noun[edit]

kloek f (plural kloeken, diminutive kloekje n)

  1. a brooding hen (female chicken) or mother hen
    Synonyms: klokhen, moederhen, moederkip