suiker

Inherited from Dutch suiker, from Middle Dutch suicker, borrowed from Old French çucre, borrowed from Old Italian zucchero, borrowed from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), borrowed from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar), borrowed from Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsœi̯.kər/

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suiker (plural suikers)

1. sugar

• suikerbeet
• suikerriet
• suikersiekte

• → Sotho: tswekere
• → Xhosa: iswekile
• → Venda: swigiri

• (obsolete) zuiker

Inherited from Middle Dutch suicker, borrowed from Old French çucre, borrowed from Old Italian zucchero, borrowed from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), borrowed from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar), borrowed from Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsœy̯.kər/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: sui‧ker
• Rhymes: -œy̯kər

suiker m (plural suikers, diminutive suikertje n)

1. sugar

• Afrikaans: suiker
  • → Sotho: tswekere
  • → Xhosa: iswekile
  • → Venda: swigiri
• Berbice Creole Dutch: sikri
• Negerhollands: sukker, schukker, suku
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: suku, sukut (dated)
• Skepi Creole Dutch: sukuru
• → Aukan: sukuu
• → Munsee: shóokal
• → Papiamentu: panseiku
• → Saramaccan: súki
• → Sranan Tongo: sukru, suiker
  • → Lokono: shikarho
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: sukru
  • → Kari'na: sukuru, sukulu
• → Unami: shukël (or from English)

• kruise