fakkel

Betekenis

torch (a stick with a flame at one end)

Geslacht

♀️ Vrouwelijk

Etymologie

Inherited from Middle Dutch vackel, from Old Dutch *fakla, *fackela, from Latin facula, diminutive of fax (“torch”). The modern f- is due to either relatinisation or the influence of a cognate.German Fackel.

Zinnen

Ze gaat de fakkel doorgeven aan haar dochter .

She's going to pass the torch to her daughter.