beuk

== Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bøːk/ Hyphenation: beuk Rhymes: -øːk === Etymology 1 === From eastern Middle Dutch boke, boeke, from Old Dutch *buoka, from Proto-West Germanic *bōkijā. Western varieties of Dutch, including generally Standard Dutch, do not have umlaut of long vowels. The eastern variety with umlaut was probably adopted to avoid homonymy with boek. ==== Noun ==== beuk m (plural beuken, diminutive beukje n) a beech, tree of the genus Fagus Synonym: beukenboom common beech (Fagus sylvatica) Synonym: gewone beuk ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: beuk === Etymology 2 === Deverbal from beuken (“to ram, knock”). ==== Noun ==== beuk m (plural beuken, diminutive beukje n) (informal) a ram or heavy knock Synonyms: ram, oplawaai, dreun Hij gaf de deur een harde beuk met zijn schouder. ― He rammed the door hard with his shoulder. (literally, “He gave the door a hard ram with his shoulder.”) ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 3 === Variant of buik. ==== Noun ==== beuk m (plural beuken, diminutive beukje n) part of a church building Synonym: schip ===== Derived terms ===== == Limburgish == === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch boke, boeke, from Old Dutch *buoka, from Proto-West Germanic *bōkijā. ==== Alternative forms ==== buik (Sittard) Büekembuom (Krefeld) Böük (Eupen) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /bøː˨k/ Hyphenation: beuk Rhymes: -øːk ==== Noun ==== beuk m or f (countable, widespread variant) a beech (Fagus); the common tree (uncountable) beech; the wood of the tree Synonym: Beukehout === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /bøː˦k/ Hyphenation: beuk Rhymes: -øːk ==== Noun ==== beuk nominative/genitive/dative/accusative plural of book == Scots == === Noun === beuk (plural beuks) alternative form of buik