stek

From Middle Dutch stec. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋɛp.stɛk/

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• Hyphenation: web‧stek
• Rhymes: -ɛk

stek m (plural stekken, diminutive stekje n)

1. someone's favorite spot
2. cutting, a leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant
3. (Southern) Alternative form of stok.

• webstek

stek

1. imperative of steke

From English steak.

IPA^(key): /stɛk/

stek m inan

1. steak

• stekowy

From Old Norse steik.

stek c

1. a steak, a roast, a joint (meat)
2. a knot; a looping of strings
3. strong sunshine (when sunbathing is similar to frying a steak)

A common error is to treat the knot as a common gender noun.

• pålstek
• skotstek
• söndagsstek
• steka

• stek in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)