kabouter

Significat (Anglès)

1. (masculine) a (now usually benevolent) tiny folkloric bearded man who traditionally wears a pointy red hat, lives in harmony with nature and resides in mushrooms or trees, similar to a gnome, leprechaun or brownie
2. (masculine) a very young female member of the scout movement

Conceptes

follet

barrufet

geni

papu

gnom

Sinònims

aardmannetje

gnoom

kobold

elf

11

geest

👻

Traduccions

imp

👿

Kobold

lutin

👿

gnome

gnomo

hobgoblin

Irrwisch

goblin

gnome

gnomo

elf

🧝

Heinzelmännchen

Gnom

sprite

duende

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˌkaːˈbɑu̯.tər/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de neerlandès mitjà: kove

Heretat de Old Dutch: *kovo

Cognat amb alemany: Kobold

In summary

Possibly already from Middle Dutch. Equivalent to a compound of koof (from Middle Dutch kove, from Old Dutch *kovo, from Proto-Germanic *kubô (“hut, shed”)) and a less certain second element that might be hou (“friendly, favorable disposition”). Related to German Kobold. For sense 2, compare with English brownie/Brownie (“a junior Girl Scout, a junior Girl Guide”).