kolk
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editkolk (plural kolks)
Dutch
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom 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
editkolk f or m (plural kolken, diminutive kolkje n)
- vortex, maelstrom
- Synonym: draaikolk
- a drain that is part a sewer system
- Synonym: put
- 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
- a dyke beside such a waterway
- a stagnant pool or lake resulting from the vortex of e.g. a breached dyke
- the body of water between sluice gates
- Synonym: sluiskolk
- a dug watering hole
Hypernyms
editDerived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Afrikaans: kolk
Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editkolk
- inflection of kolken:
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