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

• beukenboom
• gewone beuk

Related terms

• boekweit

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

• buik (Sittard)
• Büekembuom (Krefeld)
• Böük (Eupen)

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

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