kindertje

Dutch

Etymology

Back-formation as a singular form of the plural diminutive kindertjes.

Noun

kindertje n (plural kindertjes)

  1. (rare, nonstandard) diminutive of kind

References

  • Geert Booij (2013) “Autonomous morphology and paradigmatic relations”, in Geert Booij and Jaap van Marle, editors, Yearbook of Morphology 1996, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, pages 58–59.
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