Noun: waterraaf
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:
| Sg. | waterraaf |
| Pl. | waterraven |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like waterraaf
schaaf,
bokraaf,
gehaktstaaf,
kankerstaaf,
waterraaf,
conclaaf,
zoeaaf,
inktstaaf,
burggraaf,
negerslaaf,
Slaaf,
markgraaf,
dijkgraaf,
galeislaaf,
loonslaaf,
hoornraaf,
staaf,
slaaf,
loopgraaf,
seksslaaf, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Compound of water (“water”) + raaf (“raven”). Named according to fishermen's folkloric/anecdotic belief that cormorants eat fish such as eels in industrial quantities.
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