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)/
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Hyphenation: pok‧ken
Rhymes: -ɔkən

Noun

pokken c (uncountable)

smallpox
Synonym: variola

Derived terms

pokken-

Descendants

Negerhollands: pokken

Noun

pokken

plural of pok

References

van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “pokken”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

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