sprookje

Significat

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

Amb guionet com

sprook‧je

Gènere

Neutre

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈsproːk.jə/

Etimologia

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.

Sents

Ali Baba en de veertig rovers is een bekend sprookje .

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