stuk
AfrikaansEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
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.
NounEdit
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).
- (colloquial) A hottie, babe, attractive person (of any gender).
Derived termsEdit
- theatrical
- item
NounEdit
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.
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
By shortening of the adverbial form aan stuk, now obsolete and superseded by aan stukken (“to pieces”).
AdjectiveEdit
stuk (comparative stukker, superlative stukst)
Usage notesEdit
- 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”).
InflectionEdit
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 termsEdit
AnagramsEdit
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *stukъ.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
stuk m inan
DeclensionEdit
Declension of stuk
InterjectionEdit
stuk
- (colloquial) knock!
- Synonym: puk
Related termsEdit
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