kolk

(Engels)

Noun

1. (feminine, masculine) vortex, maelstrom
2. (feminine, masculine) a drain that is part a sewer system
3. (feminine, masculine) a small waterway connected to one or several windmills that control the water level in a polder, serving as a conduit to remove surplus water
4. (feminine, masculine) a dyke beside such a waterway
5. (feminine, masculine) a stagnant pool or lake resulting from the vortex of e.g. a breached dyke
6. (feminine, masculine) the body of water between sluice gates
7. (feminine, masculine) a dug watering hole

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular) inflection of kolken:
2. (form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular) inflection of kolken:
3. (form-of, imperative) inflection of kolken:

kolken

1. to whirl, to churn
2. to rise or descend in a whirl
3. to experience strong emotions, to seethe

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Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/kɔlk/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle Dutch: colc

Geërf van Old Dutch: *kolk

In summary

From Middle Dutch colc, from Old Dutch *kolk, from Proto-West Germanic *kolk (“hollow, pit, gully”), from Proto-Germanic *kulukaz, an extension of *kelǭ (“throat”).

Sinonieme

vijver

waterplas

plas

draaikolk

afgrond

wervelwind

diepte

dwarreling

kloof

Vertalings

pond

Teich

Tümpel

Weiher

étang

lago

chasm

Abgrund

Tiefe

abyss

depth

abîme

Strudel

precipice

estanque