dokke

Afrikaans

Noun

dokke

1. plural of dok

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English docce, from Proto-West Germanic *dokkā.

Alternative forms

• docke, dok, doke, dokk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔk(ə)/

Noun

dokke (plural dokkes)

1. dock (a plant of the genus Rumex).
2. Burdock or a related plant.

Descendants

• English: dock

References

• “dokke, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-08-12.

Etymology 2

Verb

dokke

1. Alternative form of dokkyn

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse dokka.

Noun

dokke f or m (definite singular dokka or dokken, indefinite plural dokker, definite plural dokkene)

1. alternative form of dukke

Etymology 2

From the English verb dock.

Verb

dokke (imperative dokk, present tense dokker, passive dokkes, simple past and past participle dokka or dokket, present participle dokkende)

1. (especially nautical) to dock, go into a dock

Derived terms

• dokking

Related terms

• dokk

References

• “dokke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “dokke_2” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse dokka.

Noun

dokke f (definite singular dokka, indefinite plural dokker, definite plural dokkene)

1. a doll (toy in the form of a human)

Etymology 2

From the English verb dock.

Verb

dokke (present tense dokkar, past tense dokka, past participle dokka, passive infinitive dokkast, present participle dokkande, imperative dokke/dokk)

1. (especially nautical) to dock, go into a dock

Alternative forms

• dokka

Derived terms

• dokking

Related terms

• dokk

References

• “dokke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.