plukken
Dutch (Brabantic)
/ˈplʏkə(n)/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to pluck (i.e. to pull something sharply or to pull something out)
- (transitive) to deprive (someone, something) of most possessions; to rob somebody blind
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Dutch plucken.
Origin
Middle Dutch
plucken
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hairpluck English
- overpluck English
- pluck English
- pluckable English
- pluckee English
- plucker English
- pluckest English
- plucketh English
- pluckless English
- plucky English
- uppluck English
- pflücken German
- wild Dutch, Flemish
- wildplukken Dutch, Flemish
- plucken Middle English
- plucken Middle Dutch
- phlockōn Old High German
- pluk Afrikaans
- pflocken Middle High German
- plécken Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch