knoflook

Dutch

Knoflook
Garlic

Etymology

From Middle Dutch knofloick, knuuflooch, a dissimilated variant of earlier Middle Dutch cloffloc (literally “clove-leek”), from Old Dutch *kloflōk, from Proto-West Germanic *klobulauk (literally “clove-leek”), equivalent to klieven +‎ look. Compare German Knoblauch, West Frisian knyflok and English clove.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈknɔf.loːk/

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• Hyphenation: knof‧look

Noun

knoflook m or n (plural knofloken, diminutive knoflookje n)

1. garlic, Allium sativum (bulb, used as a culinary herb, or plant)

Derived terms

• knoflookbol
• knoflookboter
• knoflookolie
• knoflookpad
• knoflookplant
• knoflooksaus
• knoflookteen

Descendants

• Afrikaans: knoffel, knoflok
• → Aukan: kunofoluku
• → Papiamentu: konofló, konoflok, knoflo, knofló
• → Sranan Tongo: knofroku

Further reading

• knoflook on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl