reik

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯k

Verb

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reik

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

Anagrams

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Gothic

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Romanization

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reik

  1. Romanization of 𐍂𐌴𐌹𐌺

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Old Norse reik.

Noun

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reik f (genitive singular reikar, nominative plural reikur)

  1. parting of the hair
    Synonym: skipting
Declension
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    Declension of reik
f-s3 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative reik reikin reikur reikurnar
accusative reik reikina reikur reikurnar
dative reik reikinni reikum reikunum
genitive reikar reikarinnar reika reikanna

Etymology 2

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Back-formation from reika (to wander).

Noun

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reik n (genitive singular reiks, no plural)

  1. wandering, rambling
    Synonyms: flakk, ráf, rangl, sveim
Declension
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    Declension of reik
n-s singular
indefinite definite
nominative reik reikið
accusative reik reikið
dative reiki reikinu
genitive reiks reiksins

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From Old Norse reik.

Noun

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reik f (definite singular reika, indefinite plural reiker, definite plural reikene)

  1. parting of the hair

References

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Anagrams

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Old Norse

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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reik f (genitive reikar)

  1. parting of the hair

Descendants

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  • Faroese: reik
  • Icelandic: reik
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: reik
  • Norwegian Bokmål: reik

Noun

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reik n (genitive reiks, plural reik)

  1. strolling, wandering, wavering
  2. condition

Descendants

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References

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  • reik”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Anagrams

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Scots

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Noun

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reik (plural reiks)

  1. Alternative form of reek