meuk

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -øːk

Etymology 1

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Originally muyck (repository for apples and pears), assumed to be related to muik (soft), as in "place where fruit ripens and becomes soft," from Proto-Germanic *meukaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mewg- (slimy, slippery).

Noun

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meuk c (uncountable, diminutive meukje n)

  1. (Netherlands, informal) junk, stuff

Etymology 2

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Verb

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meuk

  1. inflection of meuken:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative