sprekkes
Sprekkes is a nonstandard term found in some dialects of Dutch and Afrikaans that describes small cracks or fissures in solid materials. It is not a widely standardized word and does not appear in major dictionaries; usage is typically regional or confined to niche communities such as studio pottery, materials conservation, or field geology. Because it is dialectal and context-dependent, its exact meaning can vary by speaker.
In ceramics, sprekkes may refer to hairline cracks in glaze or clay that form during firing or
In geology or geomorphology, the term can appear informally to describe fine fissures or split lines in
Because sprekkes is not a standardized technical term, readers should rely on the surrounding text to determine
See also: craquelure, crack (fracture), fissure, microfracture.