broek

From Dutch broek, from Middle Dutch broec, from Old Dutch *bruoc, from Proto-West Germanic *brōk.

• IPA^(key): /bruk/

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broek (plural broeke, diminutive broekie)

1. A pair of trousers, pair of pants.

• onderbroek

• → Chichewa: buluku
• → English: broekies
• → Fanagalo: bluk
• → Fwe: bù-rúkwè (via Lozi)
• → Kalanga: burukwi
• → Ndau: buruku (via an intermediary language)
• → Nsenga: buluku (via an intermediary language)
• → Shona: bhurukwa
• → Swazi: emabhulukwe
• → Tswana: borokgo
• → Tumbuka: buluku (via an intermediary language)
• → Xhosa: ibhulukhwe
• → Yao: buluku (via an intermediary language)
• → Zulu: ibhulukwe

• IPA^(key): /bruk/

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• Hyphenation: broek
• Homophone: Broek
• Rhymes: -uk

From Middle Dutch broec, from Old Dutch *bruoc, from Proto-West Germanic *brōk.

broek f (plural broeken, diminutive broekje n)

1. A pair of trousers, pair of pants.

   Mijn broek is te lang.

   My trousers are too long.

2. (chiefly diminutive) A pair of underpants or pants (underwear), bottom part of underwear or swimwear (especially for women).

- types of leg garment

• Afrikaans: broek (see there for further descendants)
• Berbice Creole Dutch: bruku
• Negerhollands: broek, bruk
• → Akawaio: puuruukuu (via Skepi Creole Dutch)
• → Lokono: boróko
• → Kupang Malay: baruk, bruk
• → Munsee: pălóok
• → Papiamentu: bruki (from the diminutive)
• → Pemon: puuruukuu (via Skepi Creole Dutch)
• → Russian: брюки (brjuki)
• → Sranan Tongo: bruku (see there for further descendants)

From Middle Dutch broec, from Old Dutch *bruoc, from Proto-West Germanic *brōk.

broek n (plural broeken, diminutive broekje n)

1. A marsh, wetland.