Schpäk

Limburgish

Alternative forms

• Schpą̈k, Schpääk (Rheinische Dokumenta spelling, South-East of the Panningen line)
• Spą̈k, Späk, Spääk (Rheinische Dokumenta spelling, North-West of the Panningen-line)
• Schpäkk (Eupen)
• Speck (Krefeld)
• speek (Lontzen, Weert)

Etymology

From earlier spek, spik, from Proto-West Germanic *spik, from Proto-Germanic *spiką.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃpɛk/
• Rhymes: -ɛk

Noun

Schpäk n (plural Schpäke̩, diminutive Schpäkske) (Rheinische Dokumenta spelling, Southeast Limburgish, East Limburgish)

1. (in most dialects uncountable) bacon