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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch barlebaen (“devil, evil spirit”). Related to English barleybrake, and Old English barlibak (“evil spirit”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɑr.lə.baːn/
- Hyphenation: bar‧le‧baan
Noun
barlebaan m (plural barlebanen, diminutive barlebaantje n)
- (archaic) devil, evil spirit
- 1859: De ruige, boosaardige barlebaan (...) kan ons heden geen vrees aanjagen.
- The rough, evil-natured devil can cause us no longer fear.
- 1907: Zij waren leelijk als barlebaan, lang en mager als hun moeder.
- They were ugly as the devil, long and skinny like their mother.
- 1920: De beulen zagen er om 't even verwilderd uit, schrikwekkend als weerwolf en barlebaan.
- The executioners looked feral, (were) frightening like a werewolf and devil (would be).