eik

See also: EIK, Eik, and -eik

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch eik, from Middle Dutch eike, from Old Dutch *eik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (oak).

Noun

eik (plural eike)

  1. oak tree, any tree of the genus Quercus.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch eike, from Old Dutch *eik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (oak).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛi̯k/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: eik
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯k

Noun

eik m (plural eiken, diminutive eikje n)

  1. any oak tree (Quercus)
  2. oak wood

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • eiken adjective
  • eikel m
  • eikenbladsla
  • eikenboom m
  • eikenbos n
  • eikendreef, eikenlaan
  • eikenhakhout n
  • eikenhout n, eikenhouten
  • eikenloof n
  • eikenstam n
  • eikenwoud n
  • eikenschors
  • eikevaren, eikvaren
  • (botany: oak species) Amerikaanse eik, wintereik, zomereik

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse eik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (oak).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aiːk/

Noun

eik f (genitive singular eikar, plural eikir)

  1. oak (Quercus)

Declension

Declension of eik
f2 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative eik eikin eikir eikirnar
accusative eik eikina eikir eikirnar
dative eik eikini eikum eikunum
genitive eikar eikarinnar eika eikanna

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Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse eik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (oak).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eiːk/
    Rhymes: -eiːk

Noun

eik f (genitive singular eikar or eikur, nominative plural eikur)

  1. oak (Quercus)

Declension

Synonyms


Lithuanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɛɪ̯ˑk]

Verb

eĩk

  1. second-person singular imperative of eiti

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse eik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (oak).

Noun

eik f or m (definite singular eika or eiken, indefinite plural eiker, definite plural eikene)

  1. an oak (oak tree: Quercus)
  2. oak (wood from oak trees)

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Derived terms

References


Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse eik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (oak). Akin to English oak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /æɪk/

Noun

eik f (definite singular eika, indefinite plural eiker, definite plural eikene)

  1. an oak (oak tree of the genus Quercus)
  2. oak (wood from oak trees)

Synonyms

Derived terms

References


Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (oak).

Noun

eik f (genitive eikar or eikr, plural eikr)

  1. oak
  2. tree in general

Descendants

  • Icelandic: eik
  • Faroese: eik
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: eik
  • Norwegian Bokmål: eik
  • Old Swedish: ēk
    • Swedish: ek
  • Danish: eg
  • Gutnish: aik
  • Westrobothnian: eik

References

  • eik in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse eik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (oak).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /eɪ̯ːkʲ/ (example of pronunciation)
    Rhymes: -éɪ̯ːk

Noun

eik f

  1. Oak (Quercus.)
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