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Yes. The word nek is a Scrabble US word. The word nek is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word nek is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

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KEN,NEK,

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EN,NE,

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Definitions and meaning of nek

nek

Translingual

Symbol

nek

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Neku.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Neku terms

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

Noun

nek (plural nekke)

  1. (anatomy) neck

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɛk/
  • 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
Descendants

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/
  • Rhymes: -ek
  • Hyphenation: nek

Conjunction

nek

  1. neither, nor
    Antonym: kaj

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)

  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

Mohawk

Conjunction

nek

  1. just

Derived terms

  • nek tsi (“but”)

References

  • Michelson, Gunther, Michelson, Karin, Canadian Deer, Glenda (2024) A Dictionary of Kanien’kéha (Mohawk) with Connections to the Past, University of Toronto Press, page 233

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

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

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