See also: kök and Kök

Afrikaans edit

Etymology edit

From Dutch koek.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kuk/
  • (file)

Noun edit

koek (plural koeke)

  1. cake
  2. tangle of hair
  3. vulva (slang)

Descendants edit

  • Sotho: kuku

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Dutch coeke, from Old Dutch *kuoko, from Proto-Germanic *kōkô. Doublet of quiche.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

koek m (plural koeken, diminutive koekje n)

  1. cookie, cake, biscuit, wafer
  2. (uncountable) Any type of cake or biscuit.
  3. (by extension) something doughy or sticky
  4. (heraldry) roundel

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Afrikaans: koek
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: kuku
  • Jersey Dutch: kuk
  • Sranan Tongo: kuku
    • Lokono: kuku
    • Aukan: kuku
    • Caribbean Hindustani: kuku
    • Caribbean Javanese: kuku
    • Kwinti: kúku
    • Saramaccan: kúku

Anagrams edit

West Frisian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Frisian kōke, from Proto-Germanic *kōkô.

Noun edit

koek c (plural koeken, diminutive koekje)

  1. (countable) cake
    Synonym: koeke
  2. (in the diminutive) cookie

Further reading edit

  • koeke (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011