schok

Dutch

Etymology

See schokken (“to shake, quiver”)

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɔk

Noun

schok m (plural schokken, diminutive schokje n)

1. shock

Verb

schok

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

Middle English

Etymology 1

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Either inherited from Old English *sċoc or borrowed from Middle Low German schok; in any case, from Proto-West Germanic *skok and possibly related to Latvian kàudze and Lithuanian kiūgis.

Alternative forms

• schoc, shocke, shok
• schoke, schokke (Promptorium Parvulorum)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɔk/

Noun

schok (plural schokkes)

1. A stook or shock (arrangement of sheaves for drying)

   Synonym: stouke

2. A unit of measure for a group of 60 items.

Derived terms

• schokken

Descendants

• English: shock
• Middle Scots: schok

References

• “shok, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
• “shock, n.¹”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

Etymology 2

Verb

schok

1. alternative form of schokken (“to place in shocks”)