nek

See also: nec, neck, -nek, and -nék

English

Etymology

From Afrikaans nek. Doublet of neck.

Noun

nek (plural neks)

1. Synonym of col

Anagrams

• Ken, ken

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch nek.

Noun

nek (plural nekke)

1. neck

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɛk/

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• Hyphenation: nek
• Rhymes: -ɛk

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch nacke, necke, from Old Dutch *nakko, from Proto-Germanic *hnakkô.

Noun

nek m (plural nekken, diminutive nekje n)

1. (narrow sense) Nape of the neck.
2. (broad sense) Neck.

   Synonym: hals

Derived terms

• langnek
• nekken
• nekkramp
• nekschot
• nekslag
• nekvel

Descendants

• Afrikaans: nek
• → Papiamentu: nèk

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

nek

1. first-person singular present indicative of nekken
2. imperative of nekken

Anagrams

• ken, enk

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Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin nec

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Conjunction

nek

1. neither, nor

   nek ... nek ...

   neither ... nor ...

   Li estas nek bona nek malbona

   He is neither good nor bad.

   • 1910, J. A. Mitchell, trans. Lehman Wendelld La lasta Usonano, Project Gutenberg transcription

     La Usonanoj posedis nek literaturon, nek arton, nek muzikon proprajn.

     The Americans possessed neither literature, nor art, nor their own music.

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto nek, from Latin nec.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nek/

Conjunction

nek

1. neither, nor

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Malay

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /neʔ/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /nɪʔ/

Noun

nek

1. grandmother

See also

• nenek (full)

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Novial

Conjunction

nek

1. neither ... nor

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• neka

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *nekъ. Compare Polish niech and Slovak nech.

Particle

nek

1. let, may

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

English neck

Noun

nek

1. (anatomy) neck, throat

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Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nek/

Pronoun

nek

1. no one, nobody

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Yurok

Pronoun

nek

1. first person singular pronoun; I