kolk

(Inglês)

Noun

1. (feminine, masculine) vortex, maelstrom
2. (feminine, masculine) a drain that is part a sewer system
3. (feminine, masculine) a small waterway connected to one or several windmills that control the water level in a polder, serving as a conduit to remove surplus water
4. (feminine, masculine) a dyke beside such a waterway
5. (feminine, masculine) a stagnant pool or lake resulting from the vortex of e.g. a breached dyke
6. (feminine, masculine) the body of water between sluice gates
7. (feminine, masculine) a dug watering hole

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular) inflection of kolken:
2. (form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular) inflection of kolken:
3. (form-of, imperative) inflection of kolken:

kolken

1. to whirl, to churn
2. to rise or descend in a whirl
3. to experience strong emotions, to seethe

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Pronunciado como (IPA)

/kɔlk/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de holandês médio: colc

Herdado de Old Dutch: *kolk

In summary

From Middle Dutch colc, from Old Dutch *kolk, from Proto-West Germanic *kolk (“hollow, pit, gully”), from Proto-Germanic *kulukaz, an extension of *kelǭ (“throat”).

Conceitos

lago

redemoinho

fundão

fundo

pélago

precipício

remoinho

sorvedouro

turbilhão

abismo

vórtice

boqueirão

Sinônimos

vijver

waterplas

plas

draaikolk

afgrond

wervelwind

diepte

dwarreling

kloof

Traduções

pond

Teich

Tümpel

Weiher

étang

chasm

Abgrund

Tiefe

abyss

depth

abîme

Strudel

estanque

precipice

gulf