kolk

See also: Kolk and колк

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch kolk.

Noun

kolk (plural kolks)

1. (geology) An underwater vortex similar to a whirlwind, capable of dislodging, picking up, and moving boulders.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔlk/

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• Hyphenation: kolk
• Rhymes: -ɔlk

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch colc, from Old Dutch *kolk, from Proto-West Germanic *kolk (“hollow, pit, gully”), from Proto-Germanic *kulukaz, an extension of *kelǭ (“throat”).

Noun

kolk f or m (plural kolken, diminutive kolkje n)

1. vortex, maelstrom

   Synonym: draaikolk

2. A drain that is part a sewer system.

   Synonym: put

3. A small waterway connected to one or several windmills that control the water level in a polder, serving as a conduit to remove surplus water.

   Synonyms: boezemsloot, kolksloot, molenkolk

4. A dyke beside such a waterway.

   Synonyms: kolkdijk, molenkolk

5. A stagnant pool or lake resulting from the vortex of e.g. a breached dyke.
6. The body of water between sluice gates.

   Synonym: sluiskolk

7. A dug watering hole.

Hypernyms

• (drain of a sewer system): put
• (small waterway connected to windmills in a polder): sloot

Derived terms

• draaikolk
• kolkdijk
• kolksloot
• molenkolk
• rioolkolk
• sluiskolk
• straatkolk

Descendants

• → Afrikaans: kolk

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kolk

1. inflection of kolken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative