Noun: fakkel
Gender: Feminine
Hyphenation:
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like fakkel
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
Inherited from Middle Dutch vackel, from Old Dutch *fakla, *fackela, from Latin facula, diminutive of fax (“torch”). The modern f- is due to either relatinisation or the influence of a cognate, German Fackel. See: Latin Nouns '
facula', German Nouns '
Fackel'.
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