keizer

From Middle Dutch keiser, from Old Dutch keiser, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar. Doublet with tsaar (“tsar”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛi̯.zər/

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• Hyphenation: kei‧zer
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯zər

keizer m (plural keizers, diminutive keizertje n, feminine keizerin)

1. emperor

• Afrikaans: keiser
• → Indonesian: kaisar
• Negerhollands: keiser

• kiezer, zieker

From Old Frisian kaiser, keiser, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar. The spelling is perhaps influenced by Dutch keizer.

keizer c (plural keizers, diminutive keizerke)

1. emperor

• keizerryk

• “keizer”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011