spreuk
Dutch
Alternative forms
- spreuck, spreucke, spruek (obsolete)
- sprook, sproke (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle Dutch sproke, from Old Dutch *spruki, from Proto-Germanic *sprukiz, from the verb *sprekaną (“to speak”). See spreken. Cognate with German Spruch.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sprøːk/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: spreuk
- Rhymes: -øːk
Noun
spreuk f (plural spreuken, diminutive spreukje n)
- saying, proverb
- Synonym: gezegde
- sentence
- conjuration, incantation
- spell
Derived terms
- lijfspreuk
- machtspreuk
- orakelspreuk
- Spreuken
- sprookje
- tegelspreuk
- tegeltjesspreuk
- toverspreuk
- zinspreuk
West Frisian
Derived terms
Further reading
- “spreuk”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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