oké Dutch · revision 37168

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * /oːˈkeː/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''oké''' (used only predicatively, comparative meer oké, superlative meest oké)^(Wiktionary)

+ Also written ''oke'', ''okay'' and ''o.k.''.^(Wiktionary)^(Van der Sijs 2005)^(WNT)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|en|OK]].^(Wiktionary)^(Van der Sijs 2005)^(Van der Sijs 2001) The origin of the English word is not entirely certain.^(WNT) The Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal follows Allen Walker Read, who showed in 1963–1964 that ⟨o.k.⟩ first appeared in 1839 as a playful abbreviation of “all correct”, spelled ⟨oll korrect⟩, and that in 1840 it served as a slogan in the American presidential campaign, from the initials of “Old Kinderhook”, the nickname of Martin Van Buren, born in Kinderhook, New York.^(WNT) The Dutch Wiktionary presents the word as an eponym from that nickname.^(WikiWoordenboek)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Van der Sijs dates the interjection “good, all right” to 1899.^(Van der Sijs 2001) The Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal's first quotation, from 1924, uses it as a predicative adjective in quotation marks: a captain's papers will be ''“O.K.”'', in order.^(WNT)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The word was first used as an interjection of agreement and in the predicative ''het is oké'', “it is all right”.^(WNT) Modern dictionaries add its use to show that one has understood what was said, and to concede a point.^(Van Dale 2014)^(WikiWoordenboek) It never stands before a noun.^(Wiktionary)

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+ From Dutch or English the word reached Indonesian and Jakarta Malay as ''oké'', “good, agreed”, and Papiamentu as ''oké''.^(Van der Sijs 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1839 – English ''o.k.'' first appears in the United States.^(WNT)

+ * 1899 – Dutch ''oké'' “good” is first recorded.^(Van der Sijs 2001)

+ * 1924 – ''O.K.'' is used as a predicative adjective.^(WNT)

+ * 1936 – The interjection of agreement is quoted in the Woordenboek der Nederlandsche Taal.^(WNT)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Interjection===

+ # [[m|en|okay|alt=Okay]], all right, expressing [[m|en|agreement]]: ''Oké, ik kom om acht uur.''^(Van Dale 2014)^(WNT)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Shows that one has understood: ''Oké, nu snap ik het.''^(Van Dale 2014)

+ # Concedes a point: ''Oké, je hebt gelijk.''^(WikiWoordenboek)

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+ ===Adjective===

+ # (predicative) All right, in order, acceptable: ''Het eten was best oké.''^(Van Dale 2014)^(Wiktionary)

+ # (predicative) Good, decent: ''Die nieuwe collega is wel oké.''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}