fokje

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fokje n (plural fokjes)

1. Diminutive of fok

Related to Dutch fokken, from Middle Dutch focken, vocken, possibly of Scandinavian origin (compare Norwegian fukka, Swedish fokka), which, if true, would be derived from Proto-Germanic *fukkōną (“to strike, to assail, to copulate”). Likely related to English fuck or German ficken.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔkjə/

fokje

1. (transitive) to breed (animals)
2. (intransitive) to breed, beget, bring forth

fokje c (plural fokjen)

1. breeding
   • 1911, A. Rauwerda:

     Ús foarâlders [hienen] iuwen lyn de haadsaak by it fokjen al to pakken. ― Our ancestors [held] centuries ago that the main point in breeding was to fuck.

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• bargefokker c (“pig breeder”)
• feefokken (“to breed cattle”)
• oanfokje (“to rear, to raise”)
• opfokje (“to bring to maturity (of cattle), to educate”)
• trochfuorje (“to continually feed, to feed someone the same thing so much that they get sick of it (figurative)”)

• “fokje”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

Verbalization of fok (“foresail”). Compare Dutch fok (“foresail”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔkjə/

fokje

1. to hoist a foresail; hoist the jib
2. (figurative) to wear glasses
3. (figurative) to lead uphill
   • 1952, J.B. Singelsma:

     It lân fokket, loopt in een punt uit. ― The land goes up uphill, stretching out to a point.

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• “fokje”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011