Top Qs

Timeline

Chat

Perspective

pluk

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Remove ads

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch plukken.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /plœk/

Verb

pluk (present pluk, present participle plukkende, past participle gepluk)

(transitive) to pick, to pluck

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

pluk

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pъlkъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈpluk]

Noun

pluk m inan

(military) regiment

Declension

Declension of pluk (velar masculine inanimate)

More information singular, plural ...

Derived terms

plukovník m

Further reading

“pluk”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
“pluk”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
“pluk”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Remove ads

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /plʏk/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: pluk
Rhymes: -ʏk

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch pluc. Equivalent to a deverbal from plukken.

Noun

pluk m (plural plukken, diminutive plukje n)

a handful, a tuft

Descendants

Afrikaans: plukkie

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

pluk

inflection of plukken:
1. first-person singular present indicative
2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
3. imperative

Remove ads

Middle English

Verb

pluk

alternative form of plukken

Slovak

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pъlkъ.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [pluk]

Noun

pluk m inan (relational adjective plukovný or plukový)

(military) regiment

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

Further reading

“pluk”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Remove ads

Wikiwand - on

Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.

Remove ads

Remove ads