kloek

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kluk/
  • Hyphenation: kloek
  • Rhymes: -uk

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch cloec, from Old Dutch *cluoc, from Proto-Germanic *klōkaz.

Compare German klug for the "clever" sense.

Adjective

kloek (comparative kloeker, superlative kloekst)

  1. large, stout
  2. healthy, being in good health
  3. (dialectal) clever, wise
Inflection
Inflection of kloek
uninflected kloek
inflected kloeke
comparative kloeker
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial kloekkloekerhet kloekst
het kloekste
indefinite m./f. sing. kloekekloekerekloekste
n. sing. kloekkloekerkloekste
plural kloekekloekerekloekste
definite kloekekloekerekloekste
partitive kloekskloekers—
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Negerhollands: kluken
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: kluk, cluke, clook

Etymology 2

Onomatopoeic. Compare English cluck.

Noun

kloek f (plural kloeken, diminutive kloekje n)

  1. a brooding hen (female chicken) or mother hen
    Synonyms: klokhen, moederhen, moederkip
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