kolk
noun
kolk is a noun meaning “An underwater vortex similar to a whirlwind, capable of dislodging, picking up, and moving boulders” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled K-O-L-K and has one syllable, and it appears about once in every 17 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of kolk is kolks.
What does kolk mean?
noun
- 1
An underwater vortex similar to a whirlwind, capable of dislodging, picking up, and moving boulders.
- 2
A relatively small water-filled depression, especially in a bog: a bog pond, a bog eye, a bog kolk.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce kolk?
Kolk has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of kolk
- kolks plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is kolk?
Kolk appears about once in every 17 million words in written English, the 122,704th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does kolk come from?
Borrowed from Dutch kolk.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).