kriek

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch kriek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɹiːk/

Noun

kriek (countable and uncountable, plural krieks)

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

Anagrams

• Kiker, Kirke

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch kriek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krik/

Noun

kriek (plural krieke, diminutive kriekie)

1. cricket (insect)

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /krik/

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• Hyphenation: kriek
• Rhymes: -ik

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch crieke f, from Old Dutch *krieka, unexplained, 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

Related to krekel. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

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