spook

Meaning

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

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Concepts

ghost

👻

phantom

spook

spectre

fright

genie

🧞

haunted

shade

spectre specter

apparition

ghost

👻

bogle

bugaboo

eidolon

Synonyms

geest

👻

schim

blinde bij kaarspel

verschijning

fantoom

spinnekop

🕷️

vervelend

spookverschijning

vervelend nest

geestverschijning

spooksel

blinde

gespens

heks

nachtmerrie

schaduw

schijnsel

Translations

Gespenst

👻

fantasma

👻

Geist

fantasma

👻

fantasma

👻

fantôme

👻

Phantom

Spuk

spettro

φάντασμα

شبح

esprit

spirito

fantasma

👻

apparition

Pronounced as (IPA)

/spoːk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: spoke

Cognate with Middle Low German: spôk

Cognate with Low German: spôk

Cognate with Middle High German: Spuch

Cognate with German: 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.