nek

See also: nec, neck, -nek, and -nék

English

Etymology

From Afrikaans nek

Noun

nek (plural neks)

  1. Synonym of col

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch nek.

Noun

nek (plural nekke)

  1. neck

Dutch

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɛk
  • Audio(file)

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch nacke, necke, from Old Dutch *nakko, from Proto-Germanic *hnakkô.

Noun

nek m (plural nekken, diminutive nekje n)

  1. (narrow sense) Nape of the neck.
  2. (broad sense) Neck.
    Synonym: hals
Derived terms

Descendants
  • Afrikaans: nek
  • → Papiamentu: nèk

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

nek

  1. first-person singular present indicative of nekken
  2. imperative of nekken

Anagrams

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin nec

Pronunciation
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Conjunction

nek

  1. neither, nor
    nek ... nek ...
    neither ... nor ...
    Li nek estas bona nek malbona
    He is neither good nor bad.
    • 1910, J. A. Mitchell, trans. Lehman Wendelld La lasta Usonano, Project Gutenberg transcription
      La Usonanoj posedis nek literaturon, nek arton, nek muzikon proprajn.
      The Americans possessed neither literature, nor art, nor their own music.

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto nek, from Latin nec.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nek/

Conjunction

nek

  1. neither, nor

Malay

Pronunciation
  • (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /neʔ/
  • (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /nɪʔ/

Noun

nek

  1. grandmother

See also

Novial

Conjunction

nek

  1. neither ... nor

Serbo-Croatian

Particle

nek

  1. let, may

Tok Pisin

Etymology

English neck

Noun

nek

  1. (anatomy) neck, throat

Volapük

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /nek/

Pronoun

nek

  1. no one, nobody

Yurok

Pronoun

nek

  1. first person singular pronoun; I
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