Masculine
👦

knaap

Meaning

  1. (masculine) boy, usually adolescent
  2. (broadly, masculine) any human male, regardless of age
  3. (in-compounds, masculine) a servant, helper
  4. (masculine) a big one, whopper, said of a creature or an object

Concepts

boy
👦
lad
laddie
knave
chap
child
🧒
sonny

swain

youngster
callant

common rudd

girl
👧
sonny Jim
kid
🧒
Synonyms

jongen
A1
👦
jochie
B2
joch
B2
jongetje
B2
kerel
A2
jong
A2
gozer
B2
jonge
A2
Translations

garçon
👦
Knabe
Junge
👦
ragazzo
👦
chico
muchacho
👦
rapaz
👦
menino
👦
noi
👦
gosse
🧒
chaval
🧒

αγόρι

puer
🧒
garoto
👦
Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/knaːp/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch
cnāpe
Inherited from Old Dutch
cnapo
In summary

From Middle Dutch cnāpe, from Old Dutch cnapo, from Proto-West Germanic *knappō.

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