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hoek.

corner

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/ɦuk/

  1. corner

    masculine

  2. angle

    masculine

  3. hook

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch hoec, huoc, from Old Dutch *huoc, from Proto-West Germanic *hōk, from Proto-Germanic *hōkaz (“hook”), from Proto-Indo-European *kog-, *keg-, *keng- (“peg, hook, claw”).

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