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vetkoek

vetkoek noun: a deep-fried ball of dough, usually unsweetened, cut open and filled with various fillings.

Noun

vetkoek (plural vetkoeks or vetkoek)

  1. (South Africa) A deep-fried ball of dough, usually unsweetened, cut open and filled with various fillings.

Forms of vetkoek

pluralvetkoeks
pluralvetkoek

Origin of vetkoek

From Afrikaans vetkoek (literally “fat-cake”).

Questions about vetkoek

What does vetkoek mean?
Vetkoek means a deep-fried ball of dough, usually unsweetened, cut open and filled with various fillings.
What part of speech is vetkoek?
Vetkoek is a noun.
What is the plural of vetkoek?
The plural of vetkoek is vetkoeks.

Words near vetkoek in the dictionary

  1. vetivers
  2. vetivert
  3. vetivone
  4. vetivones
  5. Vetka
  6. vetkoek
  7. vetkoeks
  8. vetkousie
  9. Vetluga
  10. VetMB
  11. veto

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