hoek

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See also: Hoek and hök

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch hoek, from Middle Dutch hoec, huoc, from Old Dutch *huok, from Proto-West Germanic *hōk, from Proto-Germanic *hōkaz (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *kog-, *keg-, *keng- (“peg, hook, claw”).

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Noun

hoek (plural hoeke)

  1. corner
  2. angle
  3. (boxing) hook

Dutch

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Etymology

From Middle Dutch hoec, huoc, from Old Dutch *huok, from Proto-West Germanic *hōk, from Proto-Germanic *hōkaz (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *kog-, *keg-, *keng- (“peg, hook, claw”).

Pronunciation

Noun

hoek m (plural hoeken, diminutive hoekje n)

  1. corner
  2. angle
  3. (boxing) hook

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Descendants

  • Afrikaans: hoek
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: hoek
  • Jersey Dutch: hûk
  • Negerhollands: hoek
  • → Indonesian: hoek, hook, huk (“land or building at a corner”)
  • → Papiamentu: huki, hoeki
  • → Sranan Tongo: huku, uku
    • → Caribbean Hindustani: huku
    • → Caribbean Javanese: uku
    • → Kari'na: ukuru
  • → Manado Malay: huk (“corner”)

Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Dutch hoek (“corner, angle”), from Middle Dutch hoec, huoc, from Old Dutch *huok, from Proto-Germanic *hōkaz (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *kog-, *keg-, *keng- (“peg, hook, claw”).

Pronunciation

Noun

hoek (first-person possessive hoekku, second-person possessive hoekmu, third-person possessive hoeknya)

  1. (colloquial) alternative form of huk (“land or building at the corner”).
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