beuk

Signification

1. (masculine) a beech, tree of the genus Fagus
2. (masculine) the common beech, Fagus sylvatica

Genre

♂️ Masculin

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/bøːk/

Étymologie

From eastern Middle Dutch boke, boeke, from Old Dutch *buoka, from Proto-West Germanic *bōkijā. Western varieties of Dutch, including generally Standard Dutch, do not have umlaut of long vowels. The eastern variety with umlaut was probably adopted to avoid homonymy with boek.