fok

See also: Fok, FOK, fók, fők, f-ōk, fɔk, and fɔ́k

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔk/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: fok
• Rhymes: -ɔk

Etymology 1

From Dutch fok, from Middle Dutch focke, further origin unclear. Possibly from the verb vocken (“to blow”), itself of uncertain origin, perhaps related to Faroese fokka (“jib”), though this could have been a reverse borrowing. Both of these could be from Proto-Germanic *fuk(k)ōn- (“to blow”), from Proto-Indo-European *pug-néh₂-.

Noun

fok (plural fokke, diminutive fokkie)

1. (nautical) A foresail

Related terms

• fokseil

Etymology 2

From Dutch fokken, from Middle Dutch focken, vocken, from Old Dutch *fokken, possibly of Scandinavian/North Germanic origin (compare Norwegian fukka, Swedish fokka), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *fukkōną. Likely related to German ficken. The pejorative senses and usage are semantic loans of English fuck.

Verb

fok (present fok, present participle -, past participle gefok)

1. (ambitransitive, agriculture, obsolete) to breed (notably of domesticated animals)

   Synonym: teel

2. (intransitive, vulgar, rare) to fuck (have sex)

   Synonyms: naai, pomp, steek, stoot

   Die pas getroude paartjie fok seker lekker op hulle wittebrood. ― The newly-wed couple probably fuck merrily on their honeymoon.

3. (transitive, vulgar, rare) to fuck someone, something (have sex with someone, something)

   Synonyms: naai, pomp, steek, stoot

   Sy fok hom agter die kraalmuur. ― She fucks him behind the kraal wall.

4. (vulgar) to fuck with someone (to bother someone)

   Moenie so met my fok nie. ― Don't fuck with me like that.

Derived terms

• befok
• fokken
• fokker
• fokkery
• verfok

Related terms

terms related to fok (sense 1)

• fokdier
• fokhings
• fokmerrie
• fokskaap
• fokvee

terms related to fok (sense 2 and 3)

• fok dit
• fok jou
• fok my
• fokkit
• fokkof, fokof
• fokkop, fokop
• fokpaartie
• fokspul
• opfok
• rondfok
• uitfok

Noun

fok (plural fokke, diminutive fokkie)

1. (vulgar, rare) a fuck (sex act)

   Synonyms: naai, pomp, steek, stoot

   Sy tong hang uit vir 'n lekker fok. ― His tongue hangs out for a nice fuck. (He is horny.)

2. (derogatory) a fuck (sex partner)

   Synonyms: naai, pomp, steek, stoot

   Hy was so 'n lekker fok gewees. ― He was such a nice fuck.

Derived terms

• fokkie

Related terms

• dank die fok
• die fok weet
• fokkol
• hoe de fok
• nie 'n fok nie
• nie 'n fok omgee nie
• vir 'n fok
• waar de fok
• wat de fok
• wie de fok

Interjection

fok

1. (slang, swear word) fuck (expressing anger, contempt, frustration, astonishment, etc.)

   Fok, dit is lekker! ― Fuck, this is nice!

Related terms

• ag fok
• goeie fok
• my fok
• o fok

Further reading

• "fok," Woordeboek van die Afrikaanse Taal (1955) [3] (Accessed: 2021-10-09).

Azerbaijani

Etymology

From Turkish fok, from French phoque.

Noun

fok (definite accusative foyu, plural foklar)

1. (neologism) seal (pinniped)

   Synonym: suiti

Declension

Declension of fok

	singular	plural
nominative	fok	foklar
definite accusative	foku	fokları
dative	foka	foklara
locative	fokda	foklarda
ablative	fokdan	foklardan
definite genitive	fokun	fokların

Possessive forms of fok

	nominative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	fokum	foklarım
sənin (“your”)	fokun	fokların
onun (“his/her/its”)	foku	fokları
bizim (“our”)	fokumuz	foklarımız
sizin (“your”)	fokunuz	foklarınız
onların (“their”)	foku or fokları	fokları
	accusative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	fokumu	foklarımı
sənin (“your”)	fokunu	foklarını
onun (“his/her/its”)	fokunu	foklarını
bizim (“our”)	fokumuzu	foklarımızı
sizin (“your”)	fokunuzu	foklarınızı
onların (“their”)	fokunu or foklarını	foklarını
	dative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	fokuma	foklarıma
sənin (“your”)	fokuna	foklarına
onun (“his/her/its”)	fokuna	foklarına
bizim (“our”)	fokumuza	foklarımıza
sizin (“your”)	fokunuza	foklarınıza
onların (“their”)	fokuna or foklarına	foklarına
	locative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	fokumda	foklarımda
sənin (“your”)	fokunda	foklarında
onun (“his/her/its”)	fokunda	foklarında
bizim (“our”)	fokumuzda	foklarımızda
sizin (“your”)	fokunuzda	foklarınızda
onların (“their”)	fokunda or foklarında	foklarında
	ablative
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	fokumdan	foklarımdan
sənin (“your”)	fokundan	foklarından
onun (“his/her/its”)	fokundan	foklarından
bizim (“our”)	fokumuzdan	foklarımızdan
sizin (“your”)	fokunuzdan	foklarınızdan
onların (“their”)	fokundan or foklarından	foklarından
	genitive
	singular	plural
mənim (“my”)	fokumun	foklarımın
sənin (“your”)	fokunun	foklarının
onun (“his/her/its”)	fokunun	foklarının
bizim (“our”)	fokumuzun	foklarımızın
sizin (“your”)	fokunuzun	foklarınızın
onların (“their”)	fokunun or foklarının	foklarının

Further reading

• “fok” in Obastan.com.

Danish

Etymology

From Dutch fok. Cognate with Middle High German vocke, Icelandic fokka.

Noun

fok

1. A foresail, jib.

Derived terms

• (foresails by type) stagfok, stormfok
• fokkesejl

References

• “fok” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔk/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: fok
• Rhymes: -ɔk

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch focke, further origin unclear. Possibly from the verb vocken (“to blow”), itself of uncertain origin, perhaps related to Faroese fokka (“jib”), though this could have been a reverse borrowing. Both of these could be from Proto-Germanic *fuk(k)ōn- (“to blow”), from Proto-Indo-European *pug-néh₂-.

Noun

fok m (plural fokken, diminutive fokje n)

1. a foresail
2. by comparison, of shape:
   1. (Southern) a nose
   2. the head of a cogwheel
   3. (dialectal, informal) a pair of glasses

Derived terms

• breefok
• fokkeboelijn
• fokkehals
• fokkehuik
• fokkemaat
• fokkemast
• fokkenboelijn
• fokkenhals
• fokkenhuik
• fokkenist
• fokkenmaat
• fokkenmast
• fokkenra
• fokkenrust
• fokkenschoot
• fokkenspoor
• fokkensteng
• fokkenval
• fokkenzeil
• fokkera
• fokkerust
• fokkeschoot
• fokkespoor
• fokkesteng
• fokkeval
• fokkewant
• fokkezeil
• gefokt
• stagfok
• stormfok

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the verb fokken.

Noun

fok m (uncountable)

1. the activity or business of breeding (notably of domesticated animals)

Verb

fok

1. inflection of fokken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfok]
• Rhymes: -ok

Noun

fok (plural fokok)

1. degree, grade, level (step or stage in any scale of values)
2. degree, extent (amount that an entity possesses a certain property)
3. step, rung (one of a set of rests in a stair or ladder)
4. (geography) cape (piece or point of land, extending beyond the adjacent coast)
5. (geometry) degree (unit of measurement of angle)
6. (physics) degree (unit of measurement of temperature)

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	fok	fokok
accusative	fokot	fokokat
dative	foknak	fokoknak
instrumental	fokkal	fokokkal
causal-final	fokért	fokokért
translative	fokká	fokokká
terminative	fokig	fokokig
essive-formal	fokként	fokokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	fokban	fokokban
superessive	fokon	fokokon
adessive	foknál	fokoknál
illative	fokba	fokokba
sublative	fokra	fokokra
allative	fokhoz	fokokhoz
elative	fokból	fokokból
delative	fokról	fokokról
ablative	foktól	fokoktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	foké	fokoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	fokéi	fokokéi

Possessive forms of fok

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	fokom	fokaim
2nd person sing.	fokod	fokaid
3rd person sing.	foka	fokai
1st person plural	fokunk	fokaink
2nd person plural	fokotok	fokaitok
3rd person plural	fokuk	fokaik

Derived terms

• foki
• fokos
• fokoz
• fokozat
• fokú

Compound words

• alapfok
• bástyafok
• Celsius-fok
• Fahrenheit-fok
• felsőfok
• Fokváros
• földfok
• hatásfok
• hegyfok
• középfok
• lépcsőfok
• létrafok
• szirtfok

Further reading

• (head, back [of an ax/knife], eye [of a needle/ax], cape, promontory, peak, pinnacle, rampart, bastion): fok in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• (step, stair, rung, grade, degree, scale, stage, phase): fok in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Icelandic

Etymology

See fjúka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔːk/
• Rhymes: -ɔːk

Noun

fok n (genitive singular foks, no plural)

1. drifting (act of being drifted by the wind)

Declension

Declension of fok (sg-only neuter)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	fok	fokið
accusative	fok	fokið
dative	foki	fokinu
genitive	foks	foksins

Related terms

• fjúka (“to be drifted”)

Istro-Romanian

Etymology

From Latin focus. Compare Romanian foc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fok]

Noun

fok m (plural fokure)

1. fire

Middle English

Noun

fok

1. Alternative form of folk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

fok n (definite singular foket, indefinite plural fok, definite plural foka)

1. Alternative spelling of fokk.

Old Norse

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

fok n

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Declension

Declension of fok (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fok	fokit	fok	fokin
accusative	fok	fokit	fok	fokin
dative	foki	fokinu	fokum	fokunum
genitive	foks	foksins	foka	fokanna

Related terms

• fjúka

Descendants

• Icelandic: fok
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fok, fokk
• Norwegian Bokmål: fokk

Further reading

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “fok”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔk/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔk
• Syllabification: fok

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dutch fok.

Noun

fok m inan

1. (nautical) foresail

Declension

Declension of fok

	singular	plural
nominative	fok	foki
genitive	foka	foków
dative	fokowi	fokom
accusative	fok	foki
instrumental	fokiem	fokami
locative	foku	fokach
vocative	foku	foki

Derived terms

noun

• balonfok

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

fok f

1. genitive plural of foka

Further reading

• fok in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• fok in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Turkish

Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish [Term?], from French phoque, from Latin phōca, ultimately from Ancient Greek φώκη (phṓkē, “seal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fok/
• Hyphenation: fok

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

fok (definite accusative foku, plural foklar)

1. seal (pinniped)

   Synonym: (proscribed) fok balığı (“seal fish”)

Declension

Declension of fok

singular plural nominative fok foklar definite accusative foku fokları dative foka foklara locative fokta foklarda ablative foktan foklardan genitive fokun fokların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular fokum foklarım 2nd singular fokun fokların 3rd singular foku fokları 1st plural fokumuz foklarımız 2nd plural fokunuz foklarınız 3rd plural fokları fokları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular fokumu foklarımı 2nd singular fokunu foklarını 3rd singular fokunu foklarını 1st plural fokumuzu foklarımızı 2nd plural fokunuzu foklarınızı 3rd plural foklarını foklarını dative singular plural 1st singular fokuma foklarıma 2nd singular fokuna foklarına 3rd singular fokuna foklarına 1st plural fokumuza foklarımıza 2nd plural fokunuza foklarınıza 3rd plural foklarına foklarına locative singular plural 1st singular fokumda foklarımda 2nd singular fokunda foklarında 3rd singular fokunda foklarında 1st plural fokumuzda foklarımızda 2nd plural fokunuzda foklarınızda 3rd plural foklarında foklarında ablative singular plural 1st singular fokumdan foklarımdan 2nd singular fokundan foklarından 3rd singular fokundan foklarından 1st plural fokumuzdan foklarımızdan 2nd plural fokunuzdan foklarınızdan 3rd plural foklarından foklarından genitive singular plural 1st singular fokumun foklarımın 2nd singular fokunun foklarının 3rd singular fokunun foklarının 1st plural fokumuzun foklarımızın 2nd plural fokunuzun foklarınızın 3rd plural foklarının foklarının

Derived terms

• fokgiller

Further reading

• “fok”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “fok”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010) “fok”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı

Volapük

Noun

fok (nominative plural foks)

1. fork (eating utensil?)

Declension

Declension of fok

	singular	plural
nominative	fok	foks
genitive	foka	fokas
dative	foke	fokes
accusative	foki	fokis
vocative 1	o fok!	o foks!
predicative 2	foku	fokus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only

West Uvean

Etymology

From English fork.

Noun

fok

1. fork

References

• Claire Moyse-Faurie, Borrowings from Romance languages in Oceanic languages, in Aspects of Language Contact (2008, →ISBN