sjok
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
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- inflection of sjokken:
North Frisian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old FrisianCategory:North Frisian terms derived from Old Frisian#SJOK thikke, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:North Frisian terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#SJOK *þikkwī, from Proto-GermanicCategory:North Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#SJOKCategory:North Frisian terms derived from Proto-Germanic#SJOK *þekuz (“thick”), from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:North Frisian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#SJOKCategory:North Frisian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#SJOK *tégus (“thick”).
Adjective
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- (Amrum) thick
Swedish
Etymology
Attested since 1847 from dialectal sjok, sjåck; probably a variant of slok (“a batch of a larger mass”), related to sloka (“to droop”).
Pronunciation
Noun
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- a chunk, a piece; a large (shapeless) mass of some soft material, such as fabric or snow
- a large mass of something abstract, such as writing
- a swath; a broad sweep
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | sjok | sjoks |
| definite | sjoket | sjokets | |
| plural | indefinite | sjok | sjoks |
| definite | sjoken | sjokens |
Further reading
- “sjok”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)