spreuk – Dutch noun declension

Dutch noun forms of spreuk

Noun: spreuk
Gender: Feminine Hyphenation:
Sg.spreuk
Pl.spreuken

Sample Sentences

  • Een bekende spreuk zegt: "Wie niet waagt, die niet wint." (A well-known saying goes: "Nothing ventured, nothing gained.")
  • In dit oude boek vinden we vele wijze spreuken en gezegdes. (In this old book, we find many wise proverbs and sayings.)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch sproke, from Old Dutch *spruki, from Proto-West Germanic *spruki, from the verb *sprekan (“to speak”). See spreken. Cognate with German Low German Spröök, German Spruch. Doublet of sproke. See: German Nouns 'Spruch'.

Verbs referencing "spreuk"

German Nouns Spruch.

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