stek

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch stec. Cognate with English stick.
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Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /stɛk/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛk

Noun

stek m (plural stekken, diminutive stekje n)

  1. spot, place, home
  2. cutting, a leaf, stem, branch, or root removed from a plant and cultivated to grow a new plant
  3. (Southern) Alternative form of stok.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Caribbean Javanese: setèg
  • → Indonesian: setek
  • → Papiamentu: stèk, stèki

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

stek

  1. imperative of steke

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /stɛk/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛk
  • Syllabification: stek

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English steak, from Middle English steike, from Old Norse steik.

Noun

stek m inan

  1. beefsteak, steak (slice of meat)
Declension
Declension of stek
singular plural
nominative stek steki
genitive steku steków
dative stekowi stekom
accusative stek steki
instrumental stekiem stekami
locative steku stekach
vocative steku steki
Derived terms
adjective
  • stekowy

Etymology 2

Possibly inherited from Proto-Slavic *sъtъkъ, *jьztъkъ. Sense 2 is a semantic loan from Latin cloāca.

Noun

stek m inan

  1. (archaic) accumulation, mass
    Synonyms: nagromadzenie, zbiorowisko
  2. (zoology) cloaca (anatomical feature of fish, amphibians, reptiles and birds)
    Synonym: kloaka
  3. (obsolete) effluent, runoff, sewage
    Synonyms: spływ, ściek
  4. (obsolete) crowd, concourse
    Synonym: zbiegowisko
Declension
Declension of stek
singular plural
nominative stek steki
genitive steku steków
dative stekowi stekom
accusative stek steki
instrumental stekiem stekami
locative steku stekach
vocative steku steki
Derived terms
noun
noun
verbs

Further reading
  • stek in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • stek in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse steik.

Noun

stek c

  1. a steak, a roast, a joint (meat)
Declension
Declension of stek 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative stek steken stekar stekarna
Genitive steks stekens stekars stekarnas
Derived terms

Noun

stek n

  1. a knot; a looping of strings
  2. (colloquial) strong sunshine (when sunbathing is similar to frying a steak)
Usage notes

A common error is to treat the knot sense as a common gender noun.

Declension
Declension of stek 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative stek steket stek steken
Genitive steks stekets steks stekens
Declension of stek 2
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative stek steket — —
Genitive steks stekets — —

Etymology 2

From stekare (“member of the upper class with flashy lifestyle”).

Alternative forms

Noun

stek n

  1. (slang) (expensive) hedonistic pleasures, especially those associated with the upper class
    De sitter i yachten och äter hummer och dricker dompa. Fan vad stek.
    They're in the yacht eating lobster and drinking Dom Pérignon. Damn that's "stek".
Declension
Declension of stek 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative stek steket — —
Genitive steks stekets — —

Verb

stek

  1. imperative of steka

References

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