Dutch edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kluk/
  • Hyphenation: kloek
  • Rhymes: -uk

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Dutch cloec, from Old Dutch *cluoc, from Proto-Germanic *klōkaz.

Compare German klug for the "clever" sense.

Adjective edit

kloek (comparative kloeker, superlative kloekst)

  1. large, stout
  2. healthy, being in good health
  3. (dialectal) clever, wise
Inflection edit
Inflection of kloek
uninflected kloek
inflected kloeke
comparative kloeker
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial kloek kloeker het kloekst
het kloekste
indefinite m./f. sing. kloeke kloekere kloekste
n. sing. kloek kloeker kloekste
plural kloeke kloekere kloekste
definite kloeke kloekere kloekste
partitive kloeks kloekers
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Negerhollands: kluken
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: kluk, cluke, clook

Etymology 2 edit

Onomatopoeic. Compare English cluck.

Noun edit

kloek f (plural kloeken, diminutive kloekje n)

  1. a brooding hen (female chicken) or mother hen
    Synonyms: klokhen, moederhen, moederkip