kikker
Danish
Alternative forms
- kigger
Verb
kikker
- present of kikke
Dutch
Etymology
An onomatopoeia for the frog's sound. From kikken + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkɪ.kər/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: kik‧ker
- Rhymes: -ɪkər
Noun
kikker m (plural kikkers, diminutive kikkertje n)
- frog
- cleat (device used for fastening), especially a nautical cleat
Synonyms
- kikvors (derived)
- (archaic) puit
- (archaic) vors
Derived terms
- blitskikker
- boomkikker
- driftkikker
- gifkikker
- kikkerbad
- kikkerbil
- kikkerdril
- kikkeren
- kikkererwt
- kikkergezwel
- kikkerland
- kikkerperspectief
- kikkerprins
- kikkervisje
- klauwkikker
- koele kikker
- pijlgifkikker
See also
- dikkop m
- dikkopje m
- kikkervisje n
- pad f
References
- Dr. P.A.F. van Veen e.a., Etymologisch Woordenboek. De herkomst van onze woorden., Van Dale Lexicografie, 1989 [Dutch etymological dictionary, in Dutch]
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
kikker
- present of kikke