beuk

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bøːk/
  • audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: beuk
  • Rhymes: -øːk

Etymology 1

From eastern Middle Dutch boke, boeke, from Old Dutch *buoka, from Proto-Germanic *bōkijǭ. Western varieties of Dutch, including generally Standard Dutch, do not have umlaut of long vowels. The eastern variety with umlaut was probably adopted to avoid homonymy with boek.

Noun

beuk m (plural beuken, diminutive beukje n)

  1. beech
Descendants

Etymology 2

Variant of buik.

Noun

beuk m (plural beuken, diminutive beukje n)

  1. part of a church building, compare middenbeuk
    Synonym: schip

Limburgish

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch boke, boeke, from Old Dutch *buoka, from Proto-Germanic *bōkijǭ.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bøː˦˨k/

Noun

beuk ?

  1. beech

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bø˦˨˧k/

Noun

beuk

  1. plural of book

Scots

Noun

beuk (plural beuks)

  1. Alternative form of buik
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