kolk
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English
Etymology
Noun
kolk (plural kolks)
- (geology) An underwater vortex similar to a whirlwind, capable of dislodging, picking up, and moving boulders.
Dutch
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch colc, from Old Dutch *kolk, from Proto-West Germanic *kolk (“hollow, pit, gully”), from Proto-Germanic *kulukaz, an extension of *kelǭ (“throat”).
Noun
kolk f or m (plural kolken, diminutive kolkje n)
- vortex, maelstrom
- Synonym: draaikolk
- a drain that is part a sewer system
- Synonym: put
- a small waterway connected to one or several windmills that control the water level in a polder, serving as a conduit to remove surplus water
- Synonyms: boezemsloot, kolksloot, molenkolk
- a dyke beside such a waterway
- a stagnant pool or lake resulting from the vortex of e.g. a breached dyke
- the body of water between sluice gates
- Synonym: sluiskolk
- a dug watering hole
Hypernyms
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Afrikaans: kolk
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
kolk
- inflection of kolken: