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Dutch
Etymology
Compound of wind (“wind”) + wak (“hole in surface ice”). First attested in the 19th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋɪnt.ʋɑk/
- Hyphenation: wind‧wak
Noun
windwak n (plural windwakken)
- a hole in surface ice caused by winds preventing the water from freezing shut
- 1863, P. J. Andriessen, De Prins en Johan de Witt. Of ons land in het tweede tijdperk der eerste stadhouderlooze regering, G. W. Tielkemeijer (publ.), page 91.
Alleen op de diepere molensloten, waar men — als de molens gemalen hebben — dikwijls bomijs aantreft of — als 't sterk gewaaid heeft — zoogenoemde windwakken, kan men gevaar lopen van te verdrinken.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)