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Dutch

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  • IPA(key): /bøːk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: beuk
  • Rhymes: -øːk

Etymology 1

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From eastern Middle Dutch boke, boeke, from Old Dutch *buoka, from Proto-West Germanic *bōkijā. Western varieties of Dutch, including generally Standard Dutch, do not have umlaut of long vowels. The eastern variety with umlaut was probably adopted to avoid homonymy with boek.

Noun

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beuk m (plural beuken, diminutive beukje n)

  1. a beech, tree of the genus Fagus
    Synonym: beukenboom
  2. common beech (Fagus sylvatica)
    Synonym: gewone beuk
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  • Afrikaans: beuk

Etymology 2

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Variant of buik.

Noun

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beuk m (plural beuken, diminutive beukje n)

  1. part of a church building, compare middenbeuk
    Synonym: schip

Limburgish

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Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch boke, boeke, from Old Dutch *buoka, from Proto-West Germanic *bōkijā.

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Noun

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beuk m or f

  1. (countable, widespread variant) a beech (Fagus); the common tree
  2. (uncountable) beech; the wood of the tree
    Synonym: Beukehout

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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beuk

  1. nominative/genitive/dative/accusative plural of book

Scots

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Noun

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beuk (plural beuks)

  1. Alternative form of buik