Spökes

See also: spokes and spökes

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃpøːkəs/

Noun

Spökes m (genitive Spökes, no plural)

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