Noun: spek
Gender: Neuter
Hyphenation:
uncountable
Sample Sentences
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Hoelang moet het spek meebakken? (For how long does the bacon need to be baked?)
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Zij is dol op spekjes. (She is fond of marshmallows.)
Nouns inflected like spek
schrik,
slabak,
betonblok,
gouden handdruk,
boomklok,
trainingspak,
kofferbak,
febbekak,
opiniestuk,
twaalfvlak,
zwempak,
bokszak,
aftelklok,
konijnenhok,
bouwvak,
grijsbok,
vraagstuk,
broekzakgesprek,
vroegstuk,
baanvak, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Middle Dutch spec, from Old Dutch spek, from Proto-West Germanic *spik, from Proto-Germanic *spiką.
2. 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). See: Middle English Nouns '
spik', Old Norse Nouns '
spik', Faroese Nouns '
spik', Icelandic Nouns '
spik', German Nouns '
Speck'.
Verbs referencing "spek"
Old English Nouns
spic, Latvian Nouns
speķis.
Translations