Noun: scharminkel
Gender: Neuter
Hyphenation:
| Sg. | scharminkel |
| Pl. | scharminkels |
Sample Sentences
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Denk je echt dat ik die scharminkels van jou ga kopen? Ik zal de caviapolitie bellen! (Do you really think that I am going to buy those scrags from you? I will call the guinea pigs [animal cops] instead!)
Nouns inflected like scharminkel
vaatwasmachine,
hekkensluiter,
urinoir,
whiskey,
internetsite,
internetcafé,
bestemoer,
besteller,
renovatie,
stokstaartje,
benzinestation,
kruipklokje,
bodybuildster,
scharminkel,
vrijbuiter,
server,
serval,
sessie,
seider,
selfie, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Middle Dutch scheminkel, from older siminkel (“monkey, ape”), ultimately from Late Latin *simiunculus or its feminine form, from simius (“monkey”) - or possibly a Dutch diminutive of Middle Dutch simme (“monkey, ape”) which is from a non-diminutive form of Latin simius.
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