sprinkhaan

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch sprinchane, from Old Dutch sprinco (“grasshopper”) + hano (“cock, rooster”). The extension is believed to be due to association with the rooster’s twitching movements. Old Dutch sprinco continues Proto-West Germanic *sprinkō (cognate with Middle High German höusprinke), derived from *springan (“to jump”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsprɪŋk.ɦaːn/, /ˈsprɪŋ.kaːn/

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• Hyphenation: sprink‧haan

Noun

sprinkhaan m (plural sprinkhanen, diminutive sprinkhaantje n)

1. grasshopper, locust (insect of the suborder Caelifera or infraorder Acrididea)

Derived terms

• bidsprinkhaan
• sprinkhaanzanger
• treksprinkhaan
• zadelsprinkhaan

Related terms

• springen

Descendants

• Afrikaans: sprinkaan
• Berbice Creole Dutch: springhan
• Jersey Dutch: spränghân, spränghântśe (from the diminutive)
• Negerhollands: springhaen