nek

See also: nec, neck, -nek, нек, -nék, and NEK

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Afrikaans nek. Doublet of neck.

Noun

nek (plural neks)

1. (geography, South Africa) A col (a dip on a mountain ridge between two peaks).

Anagrams

• Ken, Ken., ken

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch nek.

Pronunciation

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Noun

nek (plural nekke)

1. (anatomy) neck

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɛk/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: nek
• Rhymes: -ɛk

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch nacke, necke, from Old Dutch *nakko, from Proto-Germanic *hnakkô.

Noun

nek m (plural nekken, diminutive nekje n)

1. (narrow sense) nape of the neck
2. (broad sense) neck

   Synonym: hals

Derived terms

• de nek omdraaien
• geelnekara
• langnek
• nekken
• nekkramp
• nekschot
• nekslag
• nekvel
• over zijn nek gaan

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: nek
• Negerhollands: nek
• →? Aukan: neki
• → Papiamentu: nèk, nek

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

nek

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

Anagrams

• ken, enk

Esperanto

Etymology

From Latin nec, used in identical fashion (nec...nec). Compare Italian né, French ni, Spanish ni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nek]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: nek

Conjunction

nek

1. neither, nor

   Antonym: kaj

   nek ... nek ...

   neither ... nor ...

   Li estas nek altkreska nek malaltkreska.

   He is neither tall nor short.

   • 1910, J. A. Mitchell, translated by Lehman Wendelld, La lasta Usonano‎:

     La Usonanoj posedis nek literaturon, nek arton, nek muzikon proprajn.

     The Americans possessed neither literature, nor art, nor their own music.

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto nek, Latin nec.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɛk/

Conjunction

nek

1. neither, nor

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nek/
• Rhymes: -ek
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [ne̞ʔ]

Noun

nek (Jawi spelling نيق, informal 1st possessive nekku, 2nd possessive nekmu, 3rd possessive neknya)

1. grandmother

See also

• nenek (full)

Further reading

• “nek” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Middle English

Noun

nek

1. Alternative form of nekke

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Likely from Swedish nek. See also Danish neg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neːk/

Noun

nek n (definite singular neket, indefinite plural nek, definite plural neka or nekene)

1. a sheaf

   Synonym: kornband

References

• “nek” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “nek” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Likely from Swedish nek. See also Danish neg.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /neːk/

Noun

nek n (definite singular neket, indefinite plural nek, definite plural neka)

1. a sheaf

   Synonym: kornband

2. (derogatory) a simpleton
3. the same as jolenek

References

• “nek” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
• “nek”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016
• “nek” in Ivar Aasen (1873) Norsk Ordbog med dansk Forklaring

Old Javanese

Etymology

Akin to Malay naik.

Verb

nek

1. to ascend, to go up

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• neka

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *nekъ. Compare Polish niech and Slovak nech.

Particle

nek

1. let, may

Swedish

Etymology

from Old Swedish nekir, see also Danish neg. Related to Finnish nikuli, perhaps ultimately from Old Norse hnykill 'ball of yarn'.

Noun

nek m

1. a sheaf

   Synonym: kärve

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English neck.

Noun

nek

1. (anatomy) neck, throat

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nek/

Pronoun

nek

1. no one, nobody
   • 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: VI:

     Nek kanon dünön sölis tel.

     Nobody can serve two masters.

Wutunhua

Etymology

From Mandarin 牛.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [nɘˠ]

Noun

nek

1. cow, cattle

References

• Juha Janhunen, Marja Peltomaa, Erika Sandman, Xiawu Dongzhou (2008) Wutun (LINCOM's Descriptive Grammar Series), volume 466, LINCOM Europa, →ISBN

Yurok

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nek/, [nɛ̞k]

Pronoun

nek

1. first person singular pronoun; I