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spreuk.

proverb, adage, saying

6 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/sprøːk/

  1. proverb, adage, saying

    feminine
    Een bekende spreuk zegt: "Wie niet waagt, die niet wint."
    In dit oude boek vinden we vele wijze spreuken en gezegdes.

  2. sentence

    feminine

  3. conjuration, incantation

    feminine

  4. spell

    feminine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch sproke, from Old Dutch *spruki, from Proto-West Germanic *spruki, from the verb *sprekan (“to speak”). See spreken. Cognate with German Low German Spröök, German Spruch. Doublet of sproke.

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