# reke
## Middle Dutch
### Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *recken, from Proto-West Germanic *rakkjan (“to straighten”). Related to modern rak (“to stretch”).

#### Noun

rēke f
* row, line
* line (of text)

##### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

##### Descendants

* West Flemish: reke

### Etymology 2

From Old Dutch *reko, from Proto-Germanic *rekô.

#### Noun

rēke f
* rake

##### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

### Further reading

* “reke (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* “reke (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “reke (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “reke (III)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page III

## Middle English
### Etymology 1

From Old English hrēac, from Proto-Germanic *hraukaz.

#### Alternative forms

* reyke, ryke

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rɛːk/

#### Noun

reke (plural rekes)
* heap, pile

##### Descendants

* Yola: reeke

##### References

* “rēk(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

reke
* (Northern) Alternative form of riche (“rich”)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

Possibly from a West Slavic language, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *rakъ (“crayfish”), or from the verb reke (“to hunt, chase”)

### Noun

reke f or m (definite singular reka or reken, indefinite plural reker, definite plural rekene)
* a shrimp or prawn

### References

* “reke” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

Presumably borrowing from a West Slavic language, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *rakъ (“crayfish”). Compare Swedish räka.

#### Noun

reke f (definite singular reka, indefinite plural reker, definite plural rekene)
* a shrimp or prawn

### Etymology 2

From Old Norse reka, from Proto-Germanic *rekǭ, *rakō (“rake”). Related to English rake and Swedish kasträka. Doublet of rake.

#### Alternative forms

* rokko, roko, ruku (Trøndelag and parts of Eastern Norway)
* reku (parts of Eastern Norway)
* Reka, Reku, reka (obsolete spelling)
* Roko (Spydeberg dialect, 1780; a wooden spade without any iron)

#### Noun

reke f (definite singular reka, indefinite plural reker, definite plural rekene)
* a shovel, especially a square wooden shovel with edging made of metal, usually not used for digging of soil

##### Synonyms

* hake (Western dialects)
* spade

### References

* “reke” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Saterland Frisian
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *raikijaną.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈreːkə/
* Hyphenation: re‧ke

### Verb

reke
* (transitive) to give
** 2000, Marron C. Fort, transl., Dät Näie Tästamänt un do Psoolme in ju aasterlauwerfräiske Uurtoal fon dät Seelterlound, Fräislound, Butjoarlound, Aastfräislound un do Groninger Umelounde [The New Testament and the Psalms in the East Frisian language, native to Saterland, Friesland, Butjadingen, East Frisia and the Ommelanden of Groningen], →ISBN, Dät Evangelium ätter Matthäus 1:21:Ju skäl n Súun bere; him skääst du dän Nome Jesus reke; dan hie skäl sien Foulk fon sien Sänden ferleze.She will bear a son; you shall give him the name Jesus; for he shall set his people free from its sins.
* (transitive) to donate
* (reflexive) to stretch
* (reflexive) to forfeit
* (reflexive, + as) to behave (like)
* (impersonal, transitive) there is ...

#### Conjugation
### References

* Marron C. Fort (2015) “reke”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN

## Serbo-Croatian
### Noun

reke (Cyrillic spelling реке)
* inflection of reka:
** genitive singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative plural

## Slovene
### Noun

reke
* accusative plural of rek

### Noun

reke
* inflection of reka:
** genitive singular
** nominative/accusative plural

## West Flemish
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch rēke.

### Noun

reke f
* row
* a line, queue of people waiting for something
* (mathematics) series