beuk

Dutch

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

Etymology 1

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

beuk m (plural beuken, diminutive beukje n)

  1. A beech, tree of the genus Fagus.
    Synonym: beukenboom
  2. The common beech, Fagus sylvatica.
    Synonym: gewone beuk
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: beuk

Etymology 2

Variant of buik.

Noun

beuk m (plural beuken, diminutive beukje n)

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

Limburgish

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bøː˨k/
  • Hyphenation: beuk
  • Rhymes: -øːk

Noun

beuk m or f

  1. (countable, widespread variant) a beech (Fagus); the common tree
  2. (uncountable) beech; the wood of the tree
    Synonym: Beukehout
Declension
    Declension of beuk (masculine) in Limburgish.
Singular Plural
Root Mutation Diminutive Diminutive Mutation Root Mutation Diminutive Diminutive Mutation
Nominative beuk peuk beukske peukske beuke peuke beuksker peuksker
Genitive beuks peuks beukskes peukskes beuke peuke beuksker peuksker
Locative beukes peukes beukeske peukeske beukese peukese beukeskes peukeskes
Dative beukem (archaic) peukem (archaic) beukskem (archaic) peukskem (archaic) beuke peuke beuksker peuksker
Accusative beuke (archaic) peuke (archaic) beukske peukske beuke peuke beuksker peuksker
    Declension of beuk (feminine) in Limburgish.
Singular Plural
Root Mutation Diminutive Diminutive Mutation Root Mutation Diminutive Diminutive Mutation
Nominative beuk peuk beukske peukske beuke peuke beuksker peuksker
Genitive beuk peuk beukskes peukskes beuke peuke beuksker peuksker
Locative beukes peukes beukeske peukeske beukese peukese beukeskes peukeskes
Dative beuke (archaic) peuke (archaic) beukskem (archaic) peukskem (archaic) beuke peuke beuksker peuksker
Accusative beuk peuk beukske peukske beuke peuke beuksker peuksker

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bøː˦k/
  • Hyphenation: beuk
  • Rhymes: -øːk

Noun

beuk

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

Scots

Noun

beuk (plural beuks)

  1. Alternative form of buik
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