hoek

From Dutch hoek, from Middle Dutch hoec, huoc, from Old Dutch *huok, from Proto-West Germanic *hōk, from Proto-Germanic *hōkaz (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *kog-, *keg-, *keng- (“peg, hook, claw”).

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hoek (plural hoeke)

1. corner
2. angle
3. (boxing) hook

From Middle Dutch hoec, huoc, from Old Dutch *huok, from Proto-West Germanic *hōk, from Proto-Germanic *hōkaz (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *kog-, *keg-, *keng- (“peg, hook, claw”).

• IPA^(key): /ɦuk/

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• Hyphenation: hoek
• Homophone: Hoek
• Rhymes: -uk

hoek m (plural hoeken, diminutive hoekje n)

1. corner
2. angle
3. (boxing) hook

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- toponyms:

• Afrikaans: hoek
• Berbice Creole Dutch: hoek
• Jersey Dutch: hûk
• Negerhollands: hoek
• → Indonesian: hoek, hook, huk (“land or building at a corner”)
• → Papiamentu: huki, hoeki
• → Sranan Tongo: huku, uku
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: huku
  • → Caribbean Javanese: uku
  • → Kari'na: ukuru
• → Manado Malay: huk (“corner”)

hoek

1. (1901–1947, also colloquial) alternative spelling of huk