spreuk

Dutch

Alternative forms

• spreuck, spreucke, spruek (obsolete)
• sprook, sproke (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch sproke, from Old Dutch *spruki, from Proto-Germanic *sprukiz, from the verb *sprekaną (“to speak”). See spreken. Cognate with German Spruch.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sprøːk/

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• Hyphenation: spreuk
• Rhymes: -øːk

Noun

spreuk f (plural spreuken, diminutive spreukje n)

1. saying, proverb

   Synonym: gezegde

2. sentence
3. conjuration, incantation
4. spell

Derived terms

• lijfspreuk
• machtspreuk
• orakelspreuk
• Spreuken
• sprookje
• tegelspreuk
• tegeltjesspreuk
• toverspreuk
• zinspreuk

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West Frisian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch spreuk.

Noun

spreuk c (plural spreuken, diminutive spreukje)

1. saying, proverb

Derived terms

• liifspreuk

Further reading

• “spreuk”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011