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beuk.

a beech, tree of the genus Fagus

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/bøːk/
  1. a beech, tree of the genus Fagus

    masculine
  2. common beech (Fagus sylvatica)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From eastern Middle Dutch boke, boeke, from Old Dutch *buoka, from Proto-West Germanic *bōkijā. Western varieties of Dutch, including generally Standard Dutch, do not have umlaut of long vowels. The eastern variety with umlaut was probably adopted to avoid homonymy with boek.

noun/bøːk/
  1. a ram or heavy knock

    informal · masculine
    Hij gaf de deur een harde beuk met zijn schouder.
Where this word comes from

Deverbal from beuken (“to ram, knock”).

noun/bøːk/
  1. part of a church building

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Variant of buik.

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