Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kriek

/kɹiːk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.39 in modern English

Syllables: kriek
IPA: /kɹiːk/

13

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A Belgian beer made by fermenting lambic with sour morello cherries.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch kriek.

Origin

Source language: Dutch

Word Breakdown

Root: kriek

Usage

Inflected Forms

krieks (plural)

Homonyms

creak

Rhymes With

week speak unique weak seek peak greek technique creek leak freak streak

Questions

How do you pronounce kriek?: The recorded pronunciation is /kɹiːk/.
What does kriek mean?: A Belgian beer made by fermenting lambic with sour morello cherries.
Where does kriek come from?: It is traced to Dutch.

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