kauche
Limburgish
Alternative forms
- koke (Maastricht, Valkenburg)
- koake (Southeast Limburgish)
- kaoke (widespread variant)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkau̯.xə/
- Hyphenation: kau‧che
- Rhymes: -au̯xə
Etymology
From Old High German kohhōn, from Proto-West Germanic *kokōn.
Verb
kauche (third person singular kaucht, preterite kaugde, past participle gekaucht)
- (Eupen, intransitive, of a person) to cook, to prepare food (chiefly hot food for lunch or supper)
- (Eupen) to boil
- (intransitive, of a liquid) (to reach the boiling point)
- (transitive) (to heat a liquid until it boils)
- (transitive) (to prepare something in such a liquid)
Derived terms
- Kauch (“cook”)