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stuk.

a piece, part, share (of a whole)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/stʏk/
  1. a piece, part, share (of a whole)

    neuter
    Ik snij deze peer in vier stukken.
  2. a theatrical piece, play, skit

    neuter
  3. a document (especially official)

    neuter
  4. a playing piece

    neuter
  5. a playing piece a piece, one of the playing pieces in chess usually excluding pawns

    neuter
  6. a hottie, babe, attractive person (of any gender)

    colloquial · neuter
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch stucke, stuc, from Old Dutch *stukki, from Proto-West Germanic *stukkī, from Proto-Germanic *stukkiją. Cognate with German Stück, dialectal English steck and borrowed shtick. Doublet of stuc.

noun/stʏk/
  1. a piece, one (countable), an item (of a thing, kind, ware; often untranslated in English)

    neuter
    Zijn de peren vers? Geef me daar dan vier stuks van.
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch stucke, stuc, from Old Dutch *stukki, from Proto-West Germanic *stukkī, from Proto-Germanic *stukkiją. Cognate with German Stück, dialectal English steck and borrowed shtick. Doublet of stuc.

adj/stʏk/
  1. broken, rendered useless; out of order

Where this word comes from

By shortening of the adverbial form aan stuk, now obsolete and superseded by aan stukken (“to pieces”).

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