rokke

Afrikaans

Noun

rokke

1. plural of rok

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse *rokka, *rukka, from Proto-Germanic *rukkōną (“to move, sway”). Cognate with English rock.

Verb

rokke

1. to shake (to move from side to side)

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɔkə/

Noun

rokke n or m (plural rokken, diminutive rokketje n)

1. Alternative form of rokken

Middle English

Alternative forms

• rokk, rok

Etymology

from Old English *rocc (“rock”), as in Old English stānrocc (“high stone rock, peak, obelisk”), and also later from Anglo-Norman roque, from Early Medieval Latin rocca (attested 767 CE).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɔk/

Noun

rokke (plural rokkes)

1. rock, stone

Descendants

• English: rock
• Scots: rok
• Yola: ruck

References

• “rok(ke, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Middle Low German roche, ruche.

Noun

rokke f or m (definite singular rokka or rokken, indefinite plural rokker, definite plural rokkene)

1. a skate (fish)

Synonyms

• skate

Derived terms

• piggrokke

References

• “rokke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

rokke

1. past participle of rekka