reke

From Old Dutch *recken, from Proto-West Germanic *rakkjan (“to straighten”). Related to modern rak (“to stretch”).

rēke f

1. row, line
2. line (of text)

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• West Flemish: reke

From Old Dutch *reko, from Proto-Germanic *rekô.

rēke f

1. rake

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

• “reke (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “reke (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “reke (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “reke (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page III

• IPA^(key): /rɛːk/

From Old English hrēac, from Proto-Germanic *hraukaz.

• reyke, ryke

reke (plural rekes)

1. heap, pile

• Yola: reeke

• “rēk(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

reke

1. (Northern) Alternative form of riche (“rich”)

Possibly from a West Slavic language, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *rakъ (“crayfish”), or from the verb reke (“to hunt, chase”)

reke f or m (definite singular reka or reken, indefinite plural reker, definite plural rekene)

1. a shrimp or prawn

• “reke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Presumably borrowing from a West Slavic language, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *rakъ (“crayfish”). Compare Swedish räka.

reke f (definite singular reka, indefinite plural reker, definite plural rekene)

1. a shrimp or prawn

From Old Norse reka, from Proto-Germanic *rekǭ, *rakō (“rake”). Related to English rake and Swedish kasträka. Doublet of rake.

• rokko, roko, ruku (Trøndelag and parts of Eastern Norway)
• reku (parts of Eastern Norway)
• Reka, Reku (obsolete spelling)

reke f (definite singular reka, indefinite plural reker, definite plural rekene)

1. a shovel, especially a square wooden shovel with edging made of metal, usually not used for digging of soil

• hake (Western dialects)
• spade

• “reke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *raikijaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈreːkə/
• Hyphenation: re‧ke

reke

1. (transitive) to give
   • 2000, Marron C. Fort, transl., Dät Näie Tästamänt un do Psoolme in ju aasterlauwerfräiske Uurtoal fon dät Seelterlound, Fräislound, Butjoarlound, Aastfräislound un do Groninger Umelounde [The New Testament and the Psalms in the East Frisian language, native to Saterland, Friesland, Butjadingen, East Frisia and the Ommelanden of Groningen], →ISBN, Dät Evangelium ätter Matthäus 1:21:

     Ju skäl n Súun bere; him skääst du dän Nome Jesus reke; dan hie skäl sien Foulk fon sien Sänden ferleze.

     She will bear a son; you shall give him the name Jesus; for he shall set his people free from its sins.

2. (transitive) to donate
3. (reflexive) to stretch
4. (reflexive) to forfeit
5. (reflexive, + as) to behave (like)
6. (impersonal, transitive) there is ...

• Marron C. Fort (2015) “reke”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

reke (Cyrillic spelling реке)

1. inflection of reka:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

reke

1. accusative plural of rek

reke

1. inflection of reka:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural

From Middle Dutch rēke.

reke f

1. row
2. a line, queue of people waiting for something
3. (mathematics) series