Beek
See also: beek
English
Etymology
Proper noun
Beek
- A municipality of Limburg, Netherlands.
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /beːk/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Beek
- Rhymes: -eːk
- Homophone: beek
Etymology 1
- (Beek) First attested as Becha in the mid-11th century. Derived from Old Dutch beke (“brook, stream”). See also Limburgish Baek.[1]
- (Belgium) First attested in 1155. Derived from Old Dutch beke (“brook, stream”). Named after a nearby brook.
- (Berg en Dal) First attested as bechi in 814-815. Derived from Old Dutch beke (“brook, stream”).
- (Montferland) First attested as beke in 1206. Derived from Old Dutch beke (“brook, stream”).
- (Venray) Derived from beek (“brook, stream”).
Proper noun
Beek n
- a village and municipality of Limburg, Netherlands
- Meronyms: Genhout, Geverik, Hobbelrade, Kelmond, Looiwinkel, Neerbeek, Oude Kerk, Spaubeek
- a village and former municipality of Bree, Belgium
- a village and former municipality of Berg en Dal, Gelderland, Netherlands
- a village in Montferland, Gelderland, Netherlands
- Synonym: Vlègeldarp (Carnival nickname)
- a hamlet in Venray, Limburg, Netherlands
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From the noun beek (“brook, stream”), or from one of several toponyms (see above).[2]
Proper noun
Beek
- a surname
See also
- van Beek
- van der Beek
References
- ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “beek2”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
- ^ Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Beek”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 125.
German Low German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Low German bēke, from Old Saxon beki, from Proto-West Germanic *baki, from Proto-Germanic *bakiz. More at beck, beach.
Noun
Beek m (plural Beken)