laak

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See also: Laak and låk

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch lake, from Old Dutch *laka, from Proto-West Germanic *laku, from Proto-Germanic *lakō (“drain, ditch, stream, pool”), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to leak, drain”).

Noun

laak f (plural laken, diminutive laakje n)

  1. (obsolete) pond, pool, lake
  2. watercourse, stream
  3. a drainage ditch
  4. border, limit; frontier
  5. marshland
Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch lāke, lieke, leke (“blood sucking worm”), from a root shared with Proto-Germanic *lēkijaz. Cognate with English leech.

Noun

laak f (plural laken)

  1. (dated) leech
    Synonym: bloedzuiger

Further reading

Etymology 3

Verb

laak

  1. inflection of laken:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Anagrams

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

laak (neuter laakt, definite singular and plural laake)

  1. obsolete typography of låk

Woiwurrung

Noun

laak

  1. cloud[1]

References

  1. ^ https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/finding-voice-wurundjeri-woman-revives-her-mob-s-lost-language-20220810-p5b8q3.html
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