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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch cnāpe, from Old Dutch cnapo, from Proto-West Germanic *knappō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /knaːp/
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  • Hyphenation: knaap
  • Rhymes: -aːp

Noun

knaap m (plural knapen, diminutive knaapje n)

  1. boy, usually adolescent
  2. (by extension) any human male, regardless of age
    • 1982, Rubberen Robbie, Meneer Tarzan:
      Wie zei daar domme aap? / Pas op je woorden, knaap
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  3. (chiefly in compounds) a servant, helper
  4. a big one, whopper, said of a creature or an object

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