kloek

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kluk/
  • Hyphenation: kloek
  • Rhymes: -uk

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch cloec, from Old Dutch *cluoc, from Proto-Germanic *klōkaz.

Compare German klug for the "clever" sense.

Adjective

kloek (comparative kloeker, superlative kloekst)

  1. large, stout
  2. healthy, being in good health
  3. (dialectal) clever, wise
Inflection
Inflection of kloek
uninflected kloek
inflected kloeke
comparative kloeker
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial kloek kloeker het kloekst
het kloekste
indefinite m./f. sing. kloeke kloekere kloekste
n. sing. kloek kloeker kloekste
plural kloeke kloekere kloekste
definite kloeke kloekere kloekste
partitive kloeks kloekers —
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Negerhollands: kluken
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: kluk, cluke, clook

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic. Compare English cluck.

Noun

kloek f (plural kloeken, diminutive kloekje n)

  1. a brooding hen (female chicken) or mother hen
    Synonyms: klokhen, moederhen, moederkip
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