eik

See also: EIK, Eik, and -eik

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch eik, from Middle Dutch eike, from Old Dutch *eik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əi̯k/

• Audio:

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Noun

eik (plural eike)

1. oak tree, any tree of the genus Quercus.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch eike, êke, from Old Dutch *eik, *ēk, from Proto-West Germanic *aik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”). The form in ei- is regular in south-eastern dialects, but may also have developed elsewhere after the adjective *eikīn (“oaken”, modern eiken), where umlaut would have hindered the monophthongisation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛi̯k/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: eik
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯k

Noun

eik m (plural eiken, diminutive eikje n)

1. any oak tree (tree of the genus Quercus)
2. oak wood

Synonyms

• (tree): eikenboom
• (wood): eikenhout, eiken

Derived terms

• Amerikaanse eik
• eikel
• eiken
• eikenblad
• eikenboom
• eikenbos
• eikendreef
• eikenhakhout
• eikenhout
• eikenhouten
• eikenlaan
• eikenloof
• eikenschors
• eikenstam
• eikenwoud
• eikvaren
• wintereik
• zomereik

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: eik
• Jersey Dutch: āike

Anagrams

• kei

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse eik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aiːk/

Noun

eik f (genitive singular eikar, plural eikir)

1. oak (Quercus)

Declension

Declension of eik
f2	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	eik	eikin	eikir	eikirnar
accusative	eik	eikina	eikir	eikirnar
dative	eik	eikini	eikum	eikunum
genitive	eikar	eikarinnar	eika	eikanna

Synonyms

• eikitræ

Derived terms

• eikilunnur
• eikirót
• eikitræ
• eikilund

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse eik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eiːk/

  Rhymes: -eiːk

Noun

eik f (genitive singular eikar or eikur, nominative plural eikur)

1. oak (Quercus)

Synonyms

• eikitré, eiki

Ingrian

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈei̯kæ/, [ˈe̞i̯k]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈei̯k/, [ˈe̞i̯ɡ̊]
• Rhymes: -ei̯k
• Hyphenation: eik

Conjunction

eik

1. (+ conditional) so that, in order that
   • 1885, “Sprachproben: Der goldene Vogel”, in Volmari Porkka, editor, Ueber den Ingrischen Dialekt mit Berücksichtigung der übrigen finnisch-ingermanländischen Dialekte:

     Siit kunigas lähetti vanhemman poikaha vahtii, eik tapajais varasta.

     Then the king sent his oldest son to the guard, so that he could catch the thief.

     (Note: The spelling has been normalised in accordance with the literary Ingrian language.)

Synonyms

• jot, jos

Verb

eik

1. Combined form of ei + -k; doesn't?

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛɪ̯ˑk]

Verb

eĩk

1. second-person singular imperative of eiti

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Norwegian Nynorsk eik f, from Old Norse eik (“oak, tree in general”), from Proto-Germanic *aiks (“oak tree, oak (wood)”). Largely replaced the older ek, from Danish eg.

Noun

eik f or m (definite singular eika or eiken, indefinite plural eiker, definite plural eikene)

1. an oak (oak tree: Quercus)
2. oak (wood from oak trees)

Synonyms

• eiketre

Derived terms

• eike
• eikekrone
• eikenøtt

References

• “eik” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse eik, from Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”). Cognate with Faroese and Icelandic eik, Norwegian Bokmål and Swedish ek, Danish eg, German Eiche, and English oak.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛɪːk/

Noun

eik f (definite singular eika, indefinite plural eiker, definite plural eikene)

1. an oak (oak tree of the genus Quercus)
2. oak (wood from oak trees)

Synonyms

• eiketre

Derived terms

• eike
• eikekrone
• eikenøtt

References

• “eik” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *aiks, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyǵ- (“oak”).

Noun

eik f (genitive eikar or eikr, plural eikr)

1. oak
2. tree in general
   1. (poetic) woman
   2. (poetic) ship

Descendants

• Icelandic: eik f
• Faroese: eik f
• Norwegian Nynorsk: eik f
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: eik m or f
• Old Swedish: ēk
  • Swedish: ek c
• Danish: eg c
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ek m
• Gutnish: aik

References

• “eik”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic‎^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press

Scots

Verb

eik

1. to add