kanjer

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch keniart, canjaert, kangart, kenjard, from Old French cagnard.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɑn.jər/
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  • Hyphenation: kan‧jer
  • Rhymes: -ɑnjər

Noun

kanjer m (plural kanjers, diminutive kanjertje n)

  1. something or someone who is big or the biggest of their kind; a whopper
    Synonym: joekel
  2. one who is admirable; a hero, a star
    Wauw, wat een kanjer! ― Wow, what a hero!
  3. (archaic) a lazy and/or boastful person
  4. (obsolete) a quack, a charlatan

Derived terms

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