beuk
Dutch edit
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Etymology 1 edit
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 edit
beuk m (plural beuken, diminutive beukje n)
- A beech, tree of the genus Fagus.
- Synonym: beukenboom
- The common beech, Fagus sylvatica.
- Synonym: gewone beuk
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- Afrikaans: beuk
Etymology 2 edit
Variant of buik.
Noun edit
beuk m (plural beuken, diminutive beukje n)
- part of a church building, compare middenbeuk
- Synonym: schip
Limburgish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch boke, boeke, from Old Dutch *buoka, from Proto-West Germanic *bōkijā.
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Noun edit
beuk m or f
- (countable, widespread variant) a beech (Fagus); the common tree
- (uncountable) beech; the wood of the tree
- Synonym: Beukehout
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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beuk
Scots edit
Noun edit
beuk (plural beuks)
- Alternative form of buik