spook

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (colloquial, neuter, plural) phantom, ghost
2. (colloquial, neuter, plural) spectre, horror, terror
3. (colloquial, neuter, plural) an imaginary horror, conceptual nightmare
4. (colloquial, neuter, plural) an annoying and intolerable woman

Verb

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

spoken

• Verb
• Noun

Lees meer

Sinonieme

geest

👻

schim

blinde bij kaarspel

verschijning

fantoom

spinnekop

🕷️

vervelend

spookverschijning

vervelend nest

geestverschijning

spooksel

blinde

gespens

heks

nachtmerrie

schaduw

schijnsel

Vertalings

Gespenst

👻

ghost

👻

fantasma

👻

Geist

fantasma

👻

fantasma

👻

fantôme

👻

Phantom

Spuk

spettro

phantom

φάντασμα

شبح

spook

apparition

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/spoːk/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle Dutch: spoke

Verwante met Middle Low German: spôk

Verwante met Nederduits: spôk

Verwante met Middle High German: Spuch

Verwante met Duits: Spuk

In summary

From Middle Dutch spoke, spooc, from spoke, spoocke, spoicke (“wizardry, witchcraft”), from Proto-Germanic *spōk. Further etymology unclear. Cognate with Middle Low German spôk, Low German spôk, Middle High German Spuch, and German Spuk.