Spökes

See also: spokes and spökes

German

Etymology

From Ripuarian Central Franconian Spökes, derived with the common Rhenish morpheme -es from Spok (“apparition; idle fun”), from Middle Low German spōk, whence also German Spuk (“spook, apparition”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃpøːkəs/

Noun

Spökes m (strong, genitive Spökes, no plural)

1. (chiefly colloquial) idle fun; idle talk; banter; absurd or pointless joking
2. (chiefly colloquial) tumult; romp

Declension

Declension of Spökes [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Spökes
genitive	eines	des	Spökes
dative	einem	dem	Spökes
accusative	einen	den	Spökes