kolk

Significat (Anglès)

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

Llegeix-ne més

Conceptes

estany

Sinònims

vijver

waterplas

plas

draaikolk

afgrond

wervelwind

diepte

dwarreling

kloof

Traduccions

Teich

pond

Weiher

Tümpel

étang

Tiefe

depth

Abgrund

abyss

chasm

lago

precipice

abîme

Strudel

estanque

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/kɔlk/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de neerlandès mitjà: colc

Heretat de 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”).