kakkerlak

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Etymology

From Dutch kakkerlak.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.kər.lak/
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Noun

kakkerlak (plural kakkerlakke, diminutive kakkerlakkie)

  1. cockroach (insect)

Dutch

Etymology

From kacker, a contemptuous term derived from kakken (“to shit, defecate”), and lacker (“talker, freeloader”), from likken (“to lick”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑ.kərˌlɑk/
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  • Hyphenation: kak‧ker‧lak

Noun

kakkerlak m (plural kakkerlakken, diminutive kakkerlakje n)

  1. cockroach (certain non-termite insect of the order Blattodea)
  2. (derogatory) contemptible person
  3. (soccer, colloquial, often derogatory) supporter of Feyenoord

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References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “kakkerlak”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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