"niksnut" meaning in Afrikaans

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Noun

Forms: niksnutte [plural]
Etymology: From niks (“nothing”) + nut (“use”), calque of German Nichtsnutz. Etymology templates: {{compound|af|niks|nut|t1=nothing|t2=use}} niks (“nothing”) + nut (“use”), {{calque|af|de|Nichtsnutz|nocap=1}} calque of German Nichtsnutz Head templates: {{head|af|noun|||plural|niksnutte|||||||||||||f2accel-form=p|f2request=1|f5accel-form=diminutive|head=}} niksnut (plural niksnutte), {{af-noun|niksnutte}} niksnut (plural niksnutte)
  1. good-for-nothing

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