meuk

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -øːk

Etymology 1

Originally muyck (“repository for apples and pears”), assumed to be related to muik (“soft”), as in "place where fruit ripens and becomes soft," from Proto-Germanic *meukaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mewg- (“slimy, slippery”).

Noun

meuk c (uncountable, diminutive meukje n)

1. (Netherlands, informal) junk, stuff

Etymology 2

Verb

meuk

1. inflection of meuken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative