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spek.

bacon

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/spɛk/

  1. bacon

    masculine · neuter · uncountable
    Hoelang moet het spek meebakken?

  2. marshmallow

    diminutive · masculine · neuter · usually
    Zij is dol op spekjes.

  3. a Spaniard, especially during the Eighty Years' War

    derogatory · historical · masculine · neuter · slang
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch spec, from Old Dutch spek, from Proto-West Germanic *spik, from Proto-Germanic *spiką. Cognate with West Flemish spek, Zealandic spek, Old Saxon spek, Middle Low German spek, German Low German Speck, Old Frisian spek, North Frisian speek, Saterland Frisian Späk, West Frisian spek, Old English spiċ, Middle English spik, Old Norse spik, Faroese spik, Icelandic spik, Old High German spek, Middle High German spëc, German Speck, Luxembourgish Speck, Yiddish שפּעק (shpek).

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