Kolk

1. (masculine, strong) scour, pothole (underwater hollow caused by erosion)
2. (masculine, strong) a pond in bog or other humid terrain

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɔlk/

Etymology

Cognate with Dutch: kolk

In summary

16th century, from Middle Low German kolk, kulk, from Proto-West Germanic *kolk (“hole”), from Proto-Germanic *kulukaz, an extension of *kelǭ (“throat”). Cognate with Dutch kolk. Introduced in standard High German by Luther.

Concepts

crater

scour

Synonyms

Sprengtrichter

Sprengkrater

Translations

فوهة البركان

cràter

κρατήρας

cratère

cratere

cratere

krater

krater

lej

wyrwa

cratera

cráter

krater