koekoek
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch coecoec, of imitative origin, perhaps influenced by Latin cuculus and/or Old French cucu (modern French coucou).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈku.kuk/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: koe‧koek
- Rhymes: -ukuk
- Homophone: Koekoek
Noun
koekoek m (plural koekoeken, diminutive koekoekje n)
- common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
- (more broadly) a cuckoo, any bird of the family Cuculidae
- (architecture) a dormer
- (rare) a homewrecker
- (obsolete) a cuckold
- Synonym: hoorndrager
Derived terms
- grondkoekoek
- koekoeksbloem
- koekoeksei
- koekoekshommel
- koekoeksklok
- koekoeksvogel
- Mechelse koekoek
- renkoekoek
Descendants
- Afrikaans: koekoek
Adjective
koekoek (used only predicatively, not comparable)
Further reading
- koekoek on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl