r/CozyPlaces • u/Almighty_Egg Dog at feet • Dec 26 '22

COTTAGE East Neuk, Scotland. Early 1700s. Fire crackles, waves batter the house.

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u/miaomiaomiao Dec 26 '22

Neuk means Fuck in Dutch 🤭

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u/Judazzz Dec 27 '22

Can confirm: I'm Dutch and that title made me chuckle like an idiot.

Is there a Downtown or Central Neuk as well?

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u/WilliamofYellow Dec 27 '22 edited Dec 28 '23

"Neuk" is simply the Scots version of the English word "nook", meaning corner. The East Neuk is the corner of the Kingdom of Fife that sticks out into the North Sea.

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u/Judazzz Dec 27 '22

TIL, thanks!

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u/AlwynEvokedHippest Dec 27 '22

/u/WilliamofYellow is right about the etymology of the town’s name.

Although unrelated to the naming of this town we do have the word nookie in English which supposedly comes from that Dutch word.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/nookie