kruipertje
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Etymology edit
Diminutive, from kruiper (“crawler”) + -tje. The plant is so called because its pointy seedhead sticks to clothing easily and will slowly move over time while doing so.
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Noun edit
kruipertje n (plural kruipertjes)
- Diminutive of kruiper (“creeper, crawler”)
- The wall barley plant, Hordeum murinum
- Synonym: muizengerst
Further reading edit
- kruipertje on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl