pokken
Dutch
Etymology
Of Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *pukkaz, *pukkǭ (“pock; swelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *bew-, *bʰew- (“to grow; swell”). See also English pock, German Pocke.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɔ.kə(n)/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: pok‧ken
- Rhymes: -ɔkən
Noun
pokken c (uncountable)
- smallpox
- Synonym: variola
Derived terms
- pokken-
Descendants
- Negerhollands: pokken
Noun
pokken
- Plural form of pok
References
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “pokken”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute