varken
Meaning
- (neuter) a pig, Sus scrofa domesticus
- (derogatory,figuratively,neuter,offensive) a swine, a dirty, gross or foul person
- (archaic,neuter,offensive,possibly) a student who does not belong to a student society; one who is neither a frat boy nor a soror
- (dialectal,neuter) a brush, especially one used along with a dustpan for sweeping floors or hearths
Concepts
pig
swine
hog
pork
piglet
greedy person
Frequency
Hyphenated as
var鈥en
Gender
Neuter
Pronounced as (IPA)
/藞v蓱rk蓹(n)/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch varken, verken, from Old Dutch fark墨n, ferk墨n, an old diminutive, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *farhaz (Proto-West Germanic *farh) + Proto-Germanic *-ukaz (Proto-Germanic *-uk墨n, with another diminutive suffix attached). Compare Central Franconian Ferke, Low German Farken.
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