kanjer
Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Dutch keniart, canjaert, kangart, kenjard, from Old French cagnard.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkanjer m (plural kanjers, diminutive kanjertje n)
- Something or someone who is big or the biggest of their kind; a whopper
- Synonym: joekel
- One who is admirable; a hero, a star.
- Wauw, wat een kanjer! ― Wow, what a hero!
- (archaic) A lazy and/or boastful person.
- (obsolete) A quack, a charlatan.
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