söke

See also: soke, søke, sōke, ŝoke, and šokę

Central Franconian

Alternative forms

• sieche (southern Moselle Franconian)
• seeche (northern Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Middle High German suochen, from Old High German suohhen.

One of several Ripuarian relict words with an unshifted post-vocalic plosive. Compare Aap (“ape”), deep (“deep”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzøːkə/

Verb

söke (third-person singular present sök, past tense sok or soht, past participle jesok or jesoht)

1. (Ripuarian) to search

Derived terms

• versöke