spook.
phantom, ghost
Meaning & usage
phantom, ghost
Geloof je in spoken?
spectre, horror, terror
het spook van de oorlog
an imaginary horror, conceptual nightmare
an annoying and intolerable woman
Where this word comes from
From Middle Dutch spoke, spooc, from spoke, spoocke, spoicke (“wizardry, witchcraft”), from Proto-Germanic *spōk. Further etymology unclear. Cognate with Middle Low German spôk, Low German spôk, Middle High German Spuch, and German Spuk.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.