onderbroek
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch onderbroek. Equivalent to onder- (“under”) + broek (“trousers”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
onderbroek (plural onderbroeke, diminutive onderbroekie)
- undershorts, underpants, pants (underwear, for either sex, any gender)
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From onder (“under”) + broek (“trousers”). Attested since the seventeenth century.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
onderbroek f (plural onderbroeken, diminutive onderbroekje n)
- a pair of undershorts, underpants or pants (underwear for any sex or gender), short or long johns which can be worn under trousers and directly on the skin of lower limbs and private parts
- Hij haalde een schone onderboek uit de la.
- He took clean underpants from the drawer.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Afrikaans: onderbroek
- → Sranan Tongo: ondrobruku (calque)
- → Aukan: ondoo buuku
- → West Frisian: ûnderbroek (calque)