dragonder
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch dragonder, from German Dragoner.
Noun edit
dragonder (plural dragonders)
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Dragoner. The pejorative sense might be a reference to Aal de Dragonder, a woman who lived in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and dressed as a dragoon, though this sense only originated well after her death. Otherwise it could be a similar development as the meaning “large ugly woman” of draak.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
dragonder m (plural dragonders, diminutive dragondertje n)
- dragoon
- (derogatory) unfeminine woman
Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: dragonder