Spökes

See also: spokes and spökes

German

Etymology

From Ripuarian Central Franconian Spökes, derived with the common Rhenish morpheme -es from Spok (“apparition; idle fun”), from Middle Low German spōk, whence also German Spuk (“spook, apparition”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃpøːkəs/

Noun

Spökes m (strong, genitive Spökes, no plural)

  1. (chiefly colloquial) idle fun; idle talk; banter; absurd or pointless joking
  2. (chiefly colloquial) tumult; romp

Declension
Declension of Spökes [sg-only, masculine, strong]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein der Spökes
genitive eines des Spökes
dative einem dem Spökes
accusative einen den Spökes
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