boek

From Dutch boek, from Middle Dutch boec, from Old Dutch buok, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

• IPA^(key): /buk/, [bʊk][1]

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boek (plural boeke, diminutive boekie)

1. book

• IPA^(key): /buk/

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• Hyphenation: boek
• Rhymes: -uk

From Middle Dutch boec, from Old Dutch buok, from Proto-West Germanic *bōk, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

Compare West Frisian boek, Low German Book, German Buch, English book, Danish bog.

boek n (plural boeken, diminutive boekje n or boekske n) (Belgium, non-standard: m)

1. book
2. (obsolete, Holland) omasum

   Synonyms: boekmaag, boekpens

• boeken

• Afrikaans: boek
• Berbice Creole Dutch: buku
• Negerhollands: boek, bok, buki
• Petjo: boek
• Skepi Creole Dutch: buk
• → Caribbean Hindustani: buk
• → Caribbean Javanese: buku
• → Javanese: ꦧꦸꦏꦸ (buku)
• → Malay: buku
  • Indonesian: buku
• → Papiamentu: buki, boeki (from the diminutive)
• → Sranan Tongo: buku
  • → Aukan: buku
  • → Kari'na: buku
  • → Saramaccan: búku

boek

1. inflection of boeken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

• boke

boek

1. Dated spelling of buk.

From Old Frisian bōk, from Proto-West Germanic *bōk, from Proto-Germanic *bōks.

• IPA^(key): /buk/

boek n (plural boeken, diminutive boekje)

1. book

• boekje
• sjongboek
• wurdboek
• jierboek

• “boek (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011