spek
Afrikaans
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Dutch spek, from Middle Dutch spec, from Old Dutch spek, from Proto-Germanic *spiką.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]spek (plural spekke)
Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle Dutch spec, from Old Dutch spek, from Proto-West Germanic *spik, from Proto-Germanic *spiką.
Cognate with West Flemish spek, Zealandic spek, Old Saxon spek, Middle Low German spek, German Low German Speck, Old Frisian spek, North Frisian speek, Saterland Frisian Späk, West Frisian spek, Old English spiċ, Middle English spik, Old Norse spik, Faroese spik, Icelandic spik, Old High German spek, Middle High German spëc, German Speck, Luxembourgish Speck, Yiddish שפּעק (shpek).
Noun
[edit]spek n or m (plural spekken, diminutive spekje n)
- (chiefly uncountable) bacon
- Hoelang moet het spek meebakken?
- For how long does the bacon need to be baked?
- (confectionary, usually in the diminutive) marshmallow
- Synonym: (Belgium) maskesvlees
- Zij is dol op spekjes.
- She is fond of marshmallows.
- (derogatory, slang, historical) a Spaniard, especially during the Eighty Years' War
Derived terms
[edit]-general:
-types of bacon:
-turns of phrase:
Related terms
[edit]- spekken (verb)
Descendants
[edit]- Afrikaans: spek
- Berbice Creole Dutch: speki (from the diminutive)
- Jersey Dutch: späk
- Negerhollands: spek
- → Indonesian: spek
- → Manado Malay: spet
- → Papiamentu: spèki, spekki
- → Sranan Tongo: speki, spèk
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]spek
- inflection of spekken:
Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]spek
- Alternative form of spekke
Old High German
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]from Proto-West Germanic *spik, from Proto-Germanic *spiką.
Noun
[edit]spek m
Descendants
[edit]- Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch
- Afrikaans terms derived from Dutch
- Afrikaans terms inherited from Middle Dutch
- Afrikaans terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Afrikaans terms inherited from Old Dutch
- Afrikaans terms derived from Old Dutch
- Afrikaans terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Afrikaans terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Afrikaans terms with audio pronunciation
- Afrikaans lemmas
- Afrikaans nouns
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:Dutch/ɛk
- Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch
- Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch nouns with plural in -en
- Dutch neuter nouns
- Dutch masculine nouns
- Dutch nouns with multiple genders
- Dutch uncountable nouns
- Dutch terms with usage examples
- Dutch derogatory terms
- Dutch slang
- Dutch terms with historical senses
- Dutch non-lemma forms
- Dutch verb forms
- Middle English lemmas
- Middle English nouns
- Old High German terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Old High German terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old High German terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old High German terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old High German lemmas
- Old High German nouns
- Old High German masculine nouns