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spook.

phantom, ghost

5 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/spoːk/
  1. phantom, ghost

    colloquial · neuter · plural
    Geloof je in spoken?
  2. spectre, horror, terror

    colloquial · neuter · plural
    het spook van de oorlog
  3. an imaginary horror, conceptual nightmare

    colloquial · neuter · plural
  4. an annoying and intolerable woman

    colloquial · neuter · plural
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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