Noun: kabouter
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like kabouter
vaatwasmachine,
hekkensluiter,
urinoir,
whiskey,
internetsite,
internetcafé,
bestemoer,
besteller,
renovatie,
stokstaartje,
benzinestation,
kruipklokje,
bodybuildster,
scharminkel,
vrijbuiter,
server,
serval,
sessie,
seider,
selfie, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
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. For sense 2, compare with English brownie/Brownie (“a junior Girl Scout, a junior Girl Guide”). See: German Nouns '
Kobold'.
Verbs referencing "kabouter"
English Nouns
brownie, English Nouns
Brownie, English Nouns
goblin, French Nouns
gobelin, German Nouns
Kobold, German Nouns
Klabautermann.
Translations