spreuk

Dutch

Alternative forms
  • spreuck, spreucke, spruek (obsolete)
  • sprook, sproke (obsolete)

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sprøːk/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: spreuk
  • Rhymes: -øːk

Noun

spreuk f (plural spreuken, diminutive spreukje n)

  1. saying, proverb
    Synonym: gezegde
  2. sentence
  3. conjuration, incantation
  4. spell

Derived terms

West Frisian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch spreuk.

Noun

spreuk c (plural spreuken, diminutive spreukje)

  1. saying, proverb

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “spreuk”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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