kanjer

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch keniart, canjaert, kangart, kenjard, from Old French cagnard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑn.jər/

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• Hyphenation: kan‧jer
• Rhymes: -ɑnjər

Noun

kanjer m (plural kanjers, diminutive kanjertje n)

1. Something or someone who is big or the biggest of their kind; a whopper

   Synonym: joekel

2. One who is admirable; a hero, a star.

   Wauw, wat een kanjer! ― Wow, what a hero!

3. (archaic) A lazy and/or boastful person.
4. (obsolete) A quack, a charlatan.

Derived terms

• kanjereus