booswicht

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From boos (“evil”) +‎ wicht (“living being”)

Noun

booswicht m (plural booswichten, diminutive booswichtje n)

wicked person, felon

Usage notes

In Dutch, compound words normally always take the gender of the latter component of the compound. In this case, the latter component is "wicht", a neuter word, which would render the compound neuter. However, due to the word being almost always used to refer to a male person, it takes the masculine gender.

Descendants

Afrikaans: booswig