welk

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /wɛlk/ Rhymes: -ɛlk === Etymology 1 === From Middle English welken, probably from a continental Germanic language; compare Middle Dutch welken (Dutch welken) and Middle Low German welken. Cognate with German welken. Ultimately, from Proto-West Germanic *wilkijan (“to become soft”), from Proto-Germanic *welkaz (“soft, withered”), according to Kluge, related to *wulkną (“cloud”). Compare also Old English wealwian (“to fade, wither”), Old English wlacu (“tepid, lukewarm”). ==== Verb ==== welk (third-person singular simple present welks, present participle welking, simple past and past participle welked) (obsolete) Of a plant: to wither, wilt, decay. (obsolete) To diminish; to lose brightness, to wane. (dialectal) to soak, steep. (dialectal) to thrash, beat severely. To contract; to shorten. (transitive) To form into wrinkles or ridges. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== welk (plural welks) Alternative form of whelk. === Anagrams === kewl, lewk == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch welc, from Old Dutch *wilik, *welik, from Proto-Germanic *hwilīkaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʋɛlk/ Hyphenation: welk Rhymes: -ɛlk === Determiner === welk which, what In welke stad werd Rembrandt geboren? ― In which city was Rembrandt born? === Pronoun === welk (interrogative) which, which one Welke vind je het mooist? ― Which one do you find prettiest? (relative, formal) which ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Berbice Creole Dutch: weleke Negerhollands: welk, welleke, welli Skepi Creole Dutch: welk === Anagrams === kwel == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German welc, from Old High German welk; see the verb welken. Cognate with Hunsrik wellich. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvɛlk/ === Adjective === welk (strong nominative masculine singular welker, comparative welker, superlative am welksten or am welkesten) wilted, faded ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== welken verwelken === Further reading === “welk” in Duden online “welk”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English weoloc, wiloc, wioloc, weluc, from Proto-West Germanic *weluk. ==== Alternative forms ==== welke, whelke, wilke, woelk, wylk, wylke ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /wɛlk/, /wilk/ ==== Noun ==== welk (plural welkes) whelk (sea snail) (rare) whelk shell ===== Descendants ===== English: whelk, welk, whilk, wilk Scots: wulk, wilk, welk → Old French: welke ===== References ===== “welk(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== welk alternative form of welken (“to dry out”)