stuk

See also: Stuk, štuk, šťúk, and STUK

Afrikaans

Etymology

From DutchCategory:Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch#STUKCategory:Afrikaans terms derived from Dutch#STUK stuk.

Pronunciation

Noun

stuk (plural stukke, diminutive stukkie)Category:Afrikaans lemmas#STUKCategory:Afrikaans nouns#STUKCategory:Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header#STUKCategory:Pages with entries#STUKCategory:Pages with 3 entries#STUK

  1. A piece, part.

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle DutchCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch#STUKCategory:Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch#STUK stucke, stuc, from Old DutchCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Old Dutch#STUKCategory:Dutch terms derived from Old Dutch#STUK *stukki, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#STUKCategory:Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#STUK *stukkī, from Proto-GermanicCategory:Dutch terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#STUKCategory:Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic#STUK *stukkiją. Cognate with German Stück, dialectal English steck and borrowed shtick. Doublet of stucCategory:Dutch doublets#STUK.

Noun

stuk n (plural stukken, diminutive stukje n)Category:Dutch lemmas#STUKCategory:Dutch nouns#STUKCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -en#STUKCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#STUKCategory:Dutch neuter nouns#STUKCategory:Pages with entries#STUKCategory:Pages with 3 entries#STUK

  1. a piece, part, share (of a whole)
    Ik snij deze peer in vier stukken. ― I’m cutting this pear in four pieces.Category:Dutch terms with usage examples#STUK
    Synonym: deel
  2. a theatrical piece, play, skit
  3. a document (especially official)
  4. (board gamesCategory:nl:Board games#STUK) a playing piece
    1. (chessCategory:nl:Chess#STUK) a piece, one of the playing pieces in chess usually excluding pawns
  5. (colloquialCategory:Dutch colloquialisms#STUK) a hottie, babe, attractive person (of any gender)
Derived terms
Descendants

Noun

stuk n (plural stuks, diminutive stukje n)Category:Dutch lemmas#STUKCategory:Dutch nouns#STUKCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -s#STUKCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#STUKCategory:Dutch neuter nouns#STUKCategory:Pages with entries#STUKCategory:Pages with 3 entries#STUK

  1. a piece, one (countable), an item (of a thing, kind, ware; often untranslated in English)
    Zijn de peren vers? Geef me daar dan vier stuks van.
    Are the pears fresh? Then give me four of them.
    Category:Dutch terms with usage examples#STUK

Etymology 2

By shortening of the adverbial form aan stuk, now obsolete and superseded by aan stukken (“to pieces”).

Adjective

stuk (comparative stukker, superlative stukst)Category:Dutch lemmas#STUKCategory:Dutch adjectives#STUKCategory:Dutch adjectives with red links in their headword lines#STUKCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#STUKCategory:Pages with entries#STUKCategory:Pages with 3 entries#STUK

  1. broken, rendered useless; out of order
    Synonyms: kapot, kaduuk, defect
Usage notes
  • The adjective is used chiefly predicatively. At least colloquially, however, inflected forms are quite common: een stukke wasmachine (“a broken washing machine”), het is stukker dan stuk (“it’s totally ruined”, literally: “more broken than broken”).
Declension
Declension of stuk
uninflected stuk
inflected stukke
comparative stukker
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial stukstukkerhet stukst
het stukste
indefinite m./f. sing. stukkestukkerestukste
n. sing. stukstukkerstukste
plural stukkestukkerestukste
definite stukkestukkerestukste
partitive stuksstukkers—
Derived terms

Anagrams

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-SlavicCategory:Polish terms inherited from Proto-Slavic#STUKCategory:Polish terms derived from Proto-Slavic#STUK *stukъ.

Pronunciation

Noun

stuk m inanCategory:Polish lemmas#STUKCategory:Polish nouns#STUKCategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#STUKCategory:Polish masculine nouns#STUKCategory:Polish inanimate nouns#STUKCategory:Pages with entries#STUKCategory:Pages with 3 entries#STUK

  1. knock
    Synonym: stukot

Declension

Interjection

stukCategory:Polish lemmas#STUKCategory:Polish interjections#STUKCategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#STUKCategory:Pages with entries#STUKCategory:Pages with 3 entries#STUK

  1. (colloquialCategory:Polish colloquialisms#STUK) knock!
    Synonym: puk
adjective

Further reading

  • “stuk”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎ (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • “stuk”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎ (in Polish)
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