stuk
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
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Dutch edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle Dutch stucke, stuc, from Old Dutch *stukki, from Proto-West Germanic *stukkī, from Proto-Germanic *stukkiją. Cognate with German Stück, dialectal English steck and borrowed shtick.
Noun edit
stuk n (plural stukken, diminutive stukje n)
- A piece, part, share (of a whole).
- Ik snij deze peer in vier stukken.
- I’m cutting this pear in four pieces.
- Synonym: deel
- A theatrical piece, play, skit.
- A document (especially official).
- (board games) A playing piece.
- (colloquial) A hottie, babe, attractive person (of any gender).
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
stuk n (plural stuks, diminutive stukje n)
- A piece, one (countable), an item (of a thing, kind, ware; often untranslated in English)
- Zijn de peren vers? Geef me daar dan vier stuks van.
- Are the pears fresh? Then give me four of them.
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Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
By shortening of the adverbial form aan stuk, now obsolete and superseded by aan stukken (“to pieces”).
Adjective edit
stuk (comparative stukker, superlative stukst)
Usage notes edit
- The adjective is used chiefly predicatively. At least colloquially, however, inflected forms are quite common: een stukke wasmachine (“a broken washing machine”), het is stukker dan stuk (“it’s totally ruined”, literally: “more broken than broken”).
Inflection edit
Inflection of stuk | ||||
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uninflected | stuk | |||
inflected | stukke | |||
comparative | stukker | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | stuk | stukker | het stukst het stukste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | stukke | stukkere | stukste |
n. sing. | stuk | stukker | stukste | |
plural | stukke | stukkere | stukste | |
definite | stukke | stukkere | stukste | |
partitive | stuks | stukkers | — |
Derived terms edit
Anagrams edit
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stukъ.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
stuk m inan
Declension edit
Declension of stuk
Interjection edit
stuk
- (colloquial) knock!
- Synonym: puk
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