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Knickerbüdel
in Low German
Pronunciation:
/knɪkɐbyːdəl/
noun
Syllabication:
Kni·cker·bü·del
Plural:
Knickerbüdels
m
de Knickerbüdel
[1]
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Stader Geest:
Marcus Buck: attested by oral sources on the Stade Geest
Low Saxon:
een
,
de
knickerig
is
English:
cheapskate
miser
Dutch:
vrek
gierigaard
schraper
geldduivel
German:
Geizhals
Geizkragen
Knauser
Examples:
He
is
en
Knickerbüdel
!
He
haalt
so
gau
nich
dat
Pottmonnee
ut
de
Tasch
.
Etymology:
Compound word constructed from:
knickern
+
Büdel
Rhyming words
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Plattmakers is a Low German dictionary that also provides translations in several languages. Get more infos.