sprookje

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (neuter) fairy tale
2. (neuter) fairy tale
3. (figuratively,neuter) dream come true (very desirable life)

Koppelteken as

sprook‧je

Geslag

Onsydig

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈsproːk.jə/

Etimologie (Engels)

From sproke (obsolete variant of spreuk) + -je (“diminutive suffix”). Note that the word only occurs in this diminutive form; the word "sprook" does not exist (except as a rare back-formation for comedic effect). Compare German Low German Spröökje.

Sinne

Ali Baba en de veertig rovers is een bekend sprookje .

Ali Baba and the Forty Robbers is a well-known fairy tale.