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kloek

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Compare German klug for the "clever" sense.

Adjective

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kloek (comparative kloeker, superlative kloekst)

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

Etymology 2

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Onomatopoeic. Compare English cluck.

Noun

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kloek f (plural kloeken, diminutive kloekje n)

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