koek

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See also: kök and Kök

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch koek.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuk/
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Noun

koek (plural koeke)

  1. cake
  2. tangle of hair
  3. vulva (slang)

Descendants

  • Sotho: kuku

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch coeke, from Old Dutch *kuoko, from Proto-Germanic *kōkô. Doublet of quiche.

Pronunciation

Noun

koek m (plural koeken, diminutive koekje n)

  1. cookie, cake, biscuit, wafer
  2. (uncountable) any type of cake or biscuit
  3. (by extension) something doughy or sticky
  4. (heraldry) roundel

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: koek
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: kuku
  • Jersey Dutch: kuk
  • Sranan Tongo: kuku
    • Lokono: kuku
    • Aukan: kuku
    • Caribbean Hindustani: kuku
    • Caribbean Javanese: kuku
    • Kwinti: kúku
    • Saramaccan: kúku

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West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian kōke, from Proto-Germanic *kōkô.

Noun

koek c (plural koeken, diminutive koekje)

  1. (countable) cake
    Synonym: koeke
  2. (in the diminutive) cookie

Further reading

  • koeke (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011