knaap

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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

Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/knaːp/
Etymology

In summary

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

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