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 verder

Synoniemen

geest

👻

schim

blinde bij kaarspel

verschijning

fantoom

spinnekop

🕷️

vervelend

spookverschijning

vervelend nest

geestverschijning

spooksel

blinde

gespens

heks

nachtmerrie

schaduw

schijnsel

Vertalingen

Gespenst

👻

ghost

👻

fantasma

👻

Geist

fantasma

👻

fantasma

👻

fantôme

👻

Phantom

Spuk

spettro

phantom

φάντασμα

شبح

spook

apparition

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/spoːk/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelnederlands: spoke

Verwant aan Middle Low German: spôk

Verwant aan Nedersaksisch: spôk

Verwant aan Middelhoogduits: Spuch

Verwant aan 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.