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See also: Kabouter
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Dutch kabouter (“gnome”).
Noun
[edit]kabouter (plural kabouters)
- (Dutch folklore) A tiny folkloric man who traditionally wears a pointy red hat, lives in harmony with nature and resides in mushrooms, similar to a gnome, leprechaun or a smurf.
Anagrams
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly already from Middle Dutch. Equivalent to a compound of koof (from Middle Dutch kove, from Old Dutch *kovo, from Proto-Germanic *kubô (“hut, shed”)) and a less certain second element that might be hou (“friendly, favorable disposition”). Related to German Kobold.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kabouter m (plural kabouters, diminutive kaboutertje n)
- (fiction, folklore) a (now usually benevolent) tiny folkloric bearded man who traditionally wears a pointy red hat, lives in harmony with nature and resides in mushrooms or trees, similar to a gnome, leprechaun or brownie
- (scouting) a very young female member of the scout movement
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Papiamentu: kabouter
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- Rhymes:Dutch/ɑu̯tər
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