boek

See also: bök

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch boek, from Middle Dutch boec, from Old Dutch buoc, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buk/, [bʊk][1]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

boek (plural boeke, diminutive boekie)

  1. book

Descendants

  • Nǀuu: buksi, boeksi

References

  1. ^ 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: boek
  • Rhymes: -uk

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch boec, from Old Dutch buoc, from Proto-West Germanic *bōk, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

Compare West Frisian boek, Low German Book, German Buch, English book, Danish bog.

Noun

boek n (plural boeken, diminutive boekje n or boekske n) (Belgium, non-standard: m)

  1. book
  2. (obsolete, Holland) omasum
    Synonyms: boekmaag, boekpens
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

Verb

boek

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

Anagrams

Javanese

Noun

boek

  1. dated spelling of buk

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian bōk, from Proto-West Germanic *bōk, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /buk/

Noun

boek n (plural boeken, diminutive boekje)

  1. book

Derived terms

Further reading

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