spek

See also: špek

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch spek, from Middle Dutch spec, from Old Dutch spek, from Proto-Germanic *spiką.

Pronunciation

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Noun

spek (plural spekke)

1. bacon

Antigua and Barbuda Creole English

Noun

spek (plural spek dem, quantified spek)

1. eyeglasses

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spɛk/

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• Hyphenation: spek
• Rhymes: -ɛk

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch spec, from Old Dutch spek, from Proto-West Germanic *spik, from Proto-Germanic *spiką.

Cognate with West Flemish spek, Zealandic spek, Old Saxon spek, Middle Low German spek, German Low German Speck, Old Frisian spek, North Frisian speek, Saterland Frisian Späk, West Frisian spek, Old English spiċ, Middle English spik, Old Norse spik, Faroese spik, Icelandic spik, Old High German spek, Middle High German spëc, German Speck, Luxembourgish Speck, Yiddish שפּעק (shpek).

Noun

spek n or m (plural spekken, diminutive spekje n)

1. (chiefly uncountable) bacon

   Hoelang moet het spek meebakken? ― For how long does the bacon need to be baked?

2. (confectionary, usually in the diminutive) marshmallow

   Synonym: (Belgium) maskesvlees

   Zij is dol op spekjes. ― She is fond of marshmallows.

3. (derogatory, slang, historical) a Spaniard, especially during the Eighty Years' War

Derived terms

general

• spekachtig
• spekbokking
• spekbuik
• spekglad
• spekgoot
• spekhaak
• spekkig
• spekkoek
• spekkoper
• spekkuip
• speklaag
• speklap
• speklever
• spekmes
• spekpannenkoek
• speksaus
• spekslager
• spekvet
• spekworst
• spekwortel
• spekzwoerd

types of bacon

• breydelspek
• buikspek
• hamspek
• katenspek
• kinnebakspek
• lardeerspek
• ontbijtspek
• pekelspek
• procureurspek
• robbenspek
• rolspek
• rookspek
• rugspek
• spoelingspek
• Zeeuws spek
• zuurkoolspek

turns of phrase

• de kat op het spek binden
• voor spek en bonen

Related terms

• spekken (verb)

Descendants

• Afrikaans: spek
  • → Northern Sotho: sepeke
  • → Xhosa: speke
• Berbice Creole Dutch: speki (from the diminutive)
• Jersey Dutch: späk
• Negerhollands: spek
• → Indonesian: spek, sepek
• → Manado Malay: spet
• → Papiamentu: spèki, spekki
• → Sranan Tongo: speki, spèk

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

spek

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

Livonian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German speck.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspek/, [ˈspekː]

Noun

spek

1. bacon, lard

Declension

Declension of spek (126)

	singular (ikšlu’g)	plural (pǟgiņlu’g)
nominative (nominatīv)	spek	spekkõd
genitive (genitīv)	spek	spekkõd
partitive (partitīv)	spekkõ	spekkidi
dative (datīv)	spekkõn	spekkõdõn
instrumental (instrumentāl)	spekkõks	spekkõdõks
illative (illatīv)	spekkõ	spekkiž
inessive (inesīv)	speksõ	spekkis
elative (elatīv)	spekstõ	spekkist

References

• Tiit-Rein Viitso; Valts Ernštreits (2012–2013), “spek”, in Līvõkīel-ēstikīel-lețkīel sõnārōntõz [Livonian-Estonian-Latvian Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Estonian and Latvian), Tartu, Rīga: Tartu Ülikool, Latviešu valodas aģentūra

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

spek

1. alternative form of spekke

Etymology 2

Verb

spek

1. (Northern or Late Middle English) alternative form of speken

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /speːk/
• Rhymes: -eːk
• Hyphenation: spek

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

spek

1. imperative of speke (“to cure or preserve by salting and drying”)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

spek

1. imperative of speke (“to freeze; to form a crust of ice”) (of the dialectal verb)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

spek

1. imperative of speke (“to mortify, chasten”) (of the obsolete verb)

Old High German

Alternative forms

• spec

Etymology

from Proto-West Germanic *spik, from Proto-Germanic *spiką.

Noun

spek m

1. bacon

Descendants

• Middle High German: spëc
  • German: Speck
  • Luxembourgish: Speck
  • Yiddish: שפּעק (shpek)