boef

Meaning

(masculine) crook, thief, thug
(masculine) rascal, scamp

Frequency

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/buf/

Etymology

From Middle Dutch boef, boeve, bouve, from Old Dutch *buovo, from Proto-Germanic *bōbô, a reduplicated form of *bō- (“father, brother, male relative”). Cognate with English bub, Pennsylvania Dutch Bub, German Bube, Icelandic bófi (“rogue, knave”). Related also to English babe, English boy.