Beek

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch Beek. === Proper noun === Beek A municipality of Limburg, Netherlands. == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /beːk/ Hyphenation: Beek Rhymes: -eːk Homophone: beek === Etymology 1 === (Beek) First attested as Becha in the mid-11th century. Derived from Old Dutch beke (“brook, stream”). See also Limburgish Baek. (Belgium) First attested in 1155. Derived from Old Dutch beke (“brook, stream”). Named after a nearby brook. (Berg en Dal) First attested as bechi in 814-815. Derived from Old Dutch beke (“brook, stream”). (Montferland) First attested as beke in 1206. Derived from Old Dutch beke (“brook, stream”). (Venray) Derived from beek (“brook, stream”). ==== Proper noun ==== Beek n a village and municipality of Limburg, Netherlands Meronyms: Genhout, Geverik, Hobbelrade, Kelmond, Looiwinkel, Neerbeek, Oude Kerk, Spaubeek a village and former municipality of Bree, Belgium a village and former municipality of Berg en Dal, Gelderland, Netherlands a village in Montferland, Gelderland, Netherlands Synonym: Vlègeldarp (Carnival nickname) a hamlet in Venray, Limburg, Netherlands ===== Derived terms ===== Beekenaar Beeks Neerbeek === Etymology 2 === From the noun beek (“brook, stream”), or from one of several toponyms (see above). ==== Proper noun ==== Beek a surname === See also === === References === == Low German == === Alternative forms === beake, bekke (New Saxon Spelling) === Etymology === From Middle Low German bēke, from Old Saxon beki, from Proto-West Germanic *baki, from Proto-Germanic *bakiz. More at beck, beach. === Noun === Beek m (plural Beken) (German Low German) brook; stream