beuk.
a beech, tree of the genus Fagus
Meaning & usage
a beech, tree of the genus Fagus
common beech (Fagus sylvatica)
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.
a ram or heavy knock
Hij gaf de deur een harde beuk met zijn schouder.
Where this word comes from
Deverbal from beuken (“to ram, knock”).
part of a church building
Where this word comes from
Variant of buik.
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