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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch nymphe. Borrowed from Old or Middle French, from Latin nympha, borrowed from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē), of uncertain origin.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nimf f (plural nimfen, diminutive nimfje n)
- (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) nymph, female lesser divinity of nature
- (entomology) nymph, juvenile form of a hemimetabolous insect
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