kriek

See also: Kriëk

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch kriek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɹiːk/
• Rhymes: -iːk

Noun

kriek (countable and uncountable, plural krieks)

1. A Belgian beer made by fermenting lambic with sour morello cherries.

Anagrams

• Kiker, Kirke

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kriek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krik/

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Noun

kriek (plural krieke, diminutive kriekie)

1. cricket (insect)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krik/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: kriek
• Rhymes: -ik

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch crieke f, from Old Dutch *krieka, unexplained; perhaps from Late Latin prunum graecum (“Greek plum”), though this isn't attested until 1517 in a Latin-German dictionary. Latin gr was often derived as kr in older Germanic borrowings (see Proto-West Germanic *Krēkō (“Greek”)). See German Krieche for more cognates.

Noun

kriek f (plural krieken, diminutive kriekje n)

1. morello cherry Prunus cerasus

Noun

kriek m (plural krieken, diminutive kriekje n)

1. kriek (cherry beer)

Descendants

• → English: kriek

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch crekel, from Old Dutch *krik-, of imitative origin, similar to krekel. See also French criquer, English cricket.

Noun

kriek f (plural krieken, diminutive kriekje n)

1. (Netherlands, dialectal, Gelderland, formerly also in Holland) A cricket, insect of the family Gryllidae.

Descendants

• Afrikaans: kriek
• → Papiamentu: kriki, krieki