sluik

== Dutch == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -œy̯k === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch sluuc (“limp”), of uncertain origin. Possibly related to English slouch, which could be from Proto-Germanic *slakaz (“slack, weak”); or otherwise *slūm- (“slack, flabby”). Also compare sluimeren (“to slumber”) and the root of German schlau. ==== Adjective ==== sluik (comparative sluiker, superlative sluikst) (of hair) straight, smooth ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === Deverbal from sluiken. ==== Noun ==== sluik f (uncountable, no diminutive) (obsolete) secrecy, sneakiness ===== Usage notes ===== Even historically this word was mostly encountered in the phrase ter sluik ("secretly"), which has today morphed into a univerbation tersluiks, rendering this word obsolete as simplex. ===== Derived terms ===== === Anagrams === kluis