Luusknacker in Low German

Pronunciation: /luːzknakɐ/

noun

Syllabication: Luus·kna·cker

Plural: Luusknackers m de Luusknacker

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peripheral vocabulary

used in colloquial speech

figurative

Low Saxon:

Duum

English:

thumb

Dutch:

duim

German:

Daumen

image illustrating the submeaning

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Etymology:

Compound word constructed from: Luus + knacken + -er

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