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plukken.

to pluck (i.e. to pull something sharply or to pull something out)

7 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈplʏkə(n)/
  1. to pluck (i.e. to pull something sharply or to pull something out)

    transitive
  2. to pick (harvest a fruit or vegetable for consumption by removing it from the plant to which it is attached; to harvest an entire plant by removing it from the ground)

    transitive
  3. to deprive (someone, something) of most possessions; to rob somebody blind

    transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch plucken, from Old Dutch *plukkon, from Proto-West Germanic *plukkōn, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *plukkōną, *plukkijaną; see there for more.

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